From legacy to the future: four squadrons, one enduring mission
For nearly five years, maintainers from the 41st Rescue Generation Squadron, 71st Rescue Generation Squadron, 74th Fighter Generation Squadron and 75th Fighter Generation Squadron kept Moody’s rescue and attack aircraft ready for operations around the world. Their work supported training, exercises, deployments and rescue operations while introducing new capabilities to the Air Force.
Now, those squadrons have entered a new chapter.
The 41st and 71st RGS inactivated July 15, 2026, and reactivated as the 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. On July 23, the 74th and 75th Fighter Generation Squadrons followed, reactivating as the 23d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
While the names have changed, the mission has not.
\~Building a legacy of readiness\~
The 41st and 71st RGS activated in 2021 as Moody transitioned to the HH-60W Jolly Green II and HC-130J Combat King II aircraft. The transition required maintainers to establish new processes, develop expertise and ensure the rescue force could remain ready while fielding new aircraft.
The 41st RGS quickly became a leader in HH-60W maintenance. In March 2022, its maintainers successfully certified procedures to fold and load two HH-60Ws into a C-17 Globemaster III for deployment, establishing new maintenance capabilities for the rescue community.
Just months later, the 41st RGS helped the 41st Rescue Squadron achieve initial operational capability with the HH-60W on Aug. 24, 2022, three months ahead of the standard timeline.
The milestone marked more than the arrival of a new aircraft. It demonstrated the ability of maintainers and aircrews to turn a new capability into operational readiness.
The 41st RGS continued that work through overseas deployments, exercises and domestic rescue missions, including patient transfers conducted alongside rescue aircrews and pararescuemen. Its performance earned recognition at multiple levels, including Air Combat Command’s Aircraft Maintenance Effectiveness Award, Category I.
The 71st RGS provided the other half of that rescue capability, maintaining HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and supporting operations across multiple theaters. The squadron participated in exercises including Mosaic Tiger and Pacific Angel while supporting rescue operations and maintaining aircraft readiness far from home.
Together, the two squadrons demonstrated how maintenance enables the rescue mission: one keeping the helicopters ready to reach those in need, the other sustaining the aircraft that extends their range and capability.
\~Generating combat-ready aircraft\~
The 74th and 75th FGS carried that same responsibility into Moody’s fighter mission, maintaining A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft for the 74th and 75th Fighter Squadrons.
From Weapons School support at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to overseas deployments and large-scale exercises, both squadrons maintained aircraft in demanding environments while sustaining a high operational tempo.
The 74th FGS supported Weapons School training and combat search and rescue exercises while earning Weapons Load Crew of the Year honors from 2021 through 2023.
The 75th FGS likewise supported Weapons School training, exercises and overseas operations. In 2023, maintainers extended a scheduled six-month deployment to nine months while operating from multiple locations and participating in Exercise Bright Star in Egypt.
Their ability to sustain aircraft under demanding conditions earned the 75th FGS Weapons Load Crew of the Year honors in 2024 and 2025.
Across five years, all four squadrons earned an Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award in 2023 and Meritorious Unit Awards in 2024 and 2025.
Yet their greatest legacy may be the readiness they generated and the Airmen they developed along the way.
\~Carrying the mission forward\~
The reactivation of the 723d AMXS and 23d AMXS brings the experience of the four former generation squadrons into organizations with deep roots in Moody’s maintenance history.
The 723d AMXS carries a lineage at Moody dating to 2006, while the 23d AMXS traces its history to 1964.
Their return is not simply an organizational change. It is a continuation of a mission that has remained constant across generations of Airmen: maintain the aircraft, generate readiness and enable the mission.
For the Airmen who served in the 41st, 71st, 74th and 75th, the legacy does not end with inactivation. It moves forward through the same expertise, standards and commitment to keeping Moody’s aircraft ready when called upon.
The names have changed. The mission endures.
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