Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

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315th Airlift Wing

A joint-task force of Guardsmen and Reservists conquer air, space, and sea to provide Human Space Flight Support training for astronaut retrieval through search and rescue Jan. 14-17, 2025, at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida.

Guardsmen from the 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, joined hands with Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, and the 308th Rescue Squadron, Patrick SFB, Fla., to train on HSFS search and rescue airdrop techniques, used to retrieve astronauts from open-ocean waters upon returning to Earth.

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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Staff Sgt. Nainoa Lehua, Human Space Flight Support airdrop loadmaster, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, looks out to Senior Master Sgt. John McNiece, HSFS airdrop evaluating loadmaster, 315th Operations Support Squadron 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)

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Tags: 315aw, HSFS, ReserveReady, 204AS

Photo by: Tech. Sgt. Della Creech | VIRIN: 250116-F-UL476-1091.JPG

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