Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call
Senior Master Sgt. John McNiece, Human Space Flight Support airdrop evaluating loadmaster, 315th Operations Support Squadron, Tech. Sgt. Wailani Wong, HSFS airdrop certifying instructor loadmaster, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Staff Sgt. Nainoa Lehua, HSFS airdrop loadmaster, 204 AS, adjusts a Mark-25 flare, before detonation and release from Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster III during HSFS airdrop search and rescue training Jan 16, 2025, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)