Then-Airman 1st Class Paul Koester joins classmates for a pararescue graduation photo in the fall of 1975 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Now-Chief Master Sgt. Koester is the pararescue functional manager for the Battlefield Airmen Branch at Pacific Air Forces Headquarters here. He is qualified as a static-line, freefall, and rescue jumpmaster; dive supervisor; fixed wing, rotary wing and vertical lift team leader; technical rope rescue instructor; National Registry EMT-intermediate and instructor; and long-range precision shooting instructor. He is a nine-skill level with 39 years operational experience as a pararescueman and combat controller. The chief has deployed to Southwest Asia in support of operations Enduring Freedom, Northern Watch and Southern Watch, where he flew on more than 75 combat missions. (Courtesy photo/released)Then-Airman Basic Paul Koester poses during Pararescue Indoctrination Training in 1974. (Courtesy photo/released)
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