The squadron returned to its initial base when it was reactivated on 1 July 1971 . After a Soviet fighter aircraft shot down South Korean airliner , Korean Air Lines Flight 007 the squadron . aided search efforts and salvage operations from September to October 1983 . On January 17 2006 a squadron HH-60 rescued the pilot of an F-15C of the 44th Fighter Squadron that had ejected into the Pacific Ocean near Okinawa
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
33rd Rescue Squadron