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  • Capt. John Roling, 71st Rescue Squadron operations flight commander, prepares to photograph an HC-130J Combat King II Aug. 27, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. After battling depression in 2018, Roling found purpose and meaning in life by helping people in the community through his passion for photography. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

    Moody pilot finds purpose through different ‘lens’

    It was a hot day in south Georgia. The buzzards were buzzing and the gnats were swarming, but that didn’t keep one Team Moody pilot from practicing his purpose as a volunteer photographer at a local horse therapy farm. After battling depression in 2018, Capt. John Roling, 71st Rescue Squadron operations flight commander, found purpose in life by using his passion for photography to capture memories for people in the community.
  • Capt. David Schmitt, 71st Rescue Squadron (RQS) HC-130J combat systems officer, waves a flag out of an HC-130J Combat King II during a redeployment ceremony, Oct. 9, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 71st RQS maintains combat-ready status and provides deployable personnel recovery forces to theater commanders for contingency and crisis response operations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Taryn Butler)

    Moody welcomes home rescue warriors

    Team Moody and loved ones welcomed back personnel from the 41st and 71st Rescue Squadrons (RQS) as they returned home from a deployment, Oct. 9, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The rescue squadrons provided combat search and rescue capabilities while members from the 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) performed maintenance operations in a forward location.
  • A HC-130J combat King II prepares to take off for relocation in anticipation of Hurricane Michael, Oct. 9, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. While it is expected to be a Category 2 upon landfall, the current forecast anticipates Moody and the surrounding area will face tropical-storm-force winds Wednesday afternoon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Taryn Butler)

    Moody assets relocate in preparation for Hurricane Michael

    In anticipation of Hurricane Michael, currently a Category 2 hurricane, Moody Air Force Base relocated some of its aircraft in preparation for the incoming storm.The current forecast anticipates that Moody and the surrounding areas will experience tropical-storm-force winds starting in the afternoon on Wednesday, Oct. 10, continuing through mid-day
  • U.S. Airmen with the 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW) dismount a C-130 Hercules during air-land operations at the Hohenfels Training Area (Germany) in support of Swift Response 16, June 16, 2016.Rescue Airmen from the 23d Wing visited the Devil Raiders of the 621st Contingency Response Wing, May 21-23, to better understand the essential assets to stand up rescue operations from bare-base situations. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)

    Airmen partner toward quicker deployments

    Rescue Airmen from the 23d Wing visited the Devil Raiders of the 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW), May 21-23, to better understand the essential assets to stand up rescue operations from bare-base situations. Although the 23d Wing’s mission to organize, train, equip and maintain combat-ready for Air Combat Command, and the 621st CRW focuses on rapidly organizing and standing up bare bases for Air Mobility Command aircraft, they both believed they could learn from each other.
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