Correction: AFNORTH provides search and rescue for Gustav Published Sept. 2, 2008 1st Air Force (AFNORTH/CONR) TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- In a press release yesterday AFNORTH identified the command of Colonel Steve Kirkpatrick as the 920th Search and Rescue Air Expeditionary Group. Colonel Steve Kirkpatrick, commander of the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla., has taken responsibility for Gustav SAR operations as the commander of the 331st Air Expeditionary Group, headquartered at Jackson, Miss., with elements at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Texas, and Pensacola, Fla. AFNORTH regrets the error in fact.