<p>The group is responsible for the 102nd RQS operating HC-130P versions of the Hercules together with the MH-60G Pave Hawk. Another unit with a history dating from World War I, it had various observation types assigned. The unit was mobilized in October 1940 for reconnaissance duties until disbanded in April 1944. It was federalized in November 1947 with the B-26, initially based at Mitchel Field and White Plains before moving to NAS Floyd Bennett in 1948. Activated for the Korean War with the B-29, the unit reverted to the B-26 when it returned to state control. The F-94B was assigned in 1957, with the unit briefly becoming the 102nd FIS, before converting to the MC-119J as the 101st Aeromedical Transport Squadron in September 1958. In January 1963 the unit changed to an Air Transport Squadron with the C-97A and G models. A change of role to air refueling took place in mid-1969 with the KC-97L. The move to Suffolk County Airport was completed in June 1970 before the unit changed to a Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, with the F-102A operated from December 1972. Diversity of role continued with the delivery of HC-130Ps and HH-3Es in 1975 for the 102nd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, and more recently the Air Rescue Squadron. The HH-3E was replaced by MH-60G during 1990, which were redesignated HH-60Gs subsequently.
