Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call
Loadmasters from the 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, train on Human Space Flight Support search and rescue airdrop techniques to be used to retrieve astronauts from open-ocean waters upon returning to Earth Jan. 16, 2025, at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)