Been scouring the internet all afternoon but can't seem to find an answer.
There's a Navy guy on TikTok named @ghelojumper that seems like he's in a dedicated Search and Rescue Squadron based somewhere with a lot of mountains. Looks a lot like Alaska. In one of the video comments he said he's AIRR.
My question is, how many of these types of squadrons does the Navy operate? I understand that SAR is a mission that you will inevitably encounter in the fleet as a rotary wing aviator. (Aircraft paint job was White and Orange/Red) But what confused me was that this seemed like a unit explicitly dedicated to Mountain SAR, which I didn't think the Navy did. He does a lot of training like rappelling down to mountain slopes, down into ice crevasses, and other Mountain SAR stuff.
The tail code on the Aircraft was FW, but after looking at several lists of Naval Aviation Tail Codes, I couldn't find FW listed anywhere.
Does anyone know what unit this is? Seems like a dream posting if you ask me.
Maybe that's just me though. I love snow, skiing, mountains etc.
There's a Navy guy on TikTok named @ghelojumper that seems like he's in a dedicated Search and Rescue Squadron based somewhere with a lot of mountains. Looks a lot like Alaska. In one of the video comments he said he's AIRR.
My question is, how many of these types of squadrons does the Navy operate? I understand that SAR is a mission that you will inevitably encounter in the fleet as a rotary wing aviator. (Aircraft paint job was White and Orange/Red) But what confused me was that this seemed like a unit explicitly dedicated to Mountain SAR, which I didn't think the Navy did. He does a lot of training like rappelling down to mountain slopes, down into ice crevasses, and other Mountain SAR stuff.
The tail code on the Aircraft was FW, but after looking at several lists of Naval Aviation Tail Codes, I couldn't find FW listed anywhere.
Does anyone know what unit this is? Seems like a dream posting if you ask me.
Maybe that's just me though. I love snow, skiing, mountains etc.