Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call
A joint task force of C-17 Globemaster III pilots from the 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, discuss C-17 maneuvers in the cockpit while Human Space Flight Support search and rescue training, used to retrieve astronauts from open-ocean waters upon returning to Earth Jan 16, 2025, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)