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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)

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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Staff Sgt. Krystal Terlep, Human Space Flight Support airdrop loadmaster, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, releases an Advanced Rescue Craft for 308th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, during HSFS airdrop search and rescue training Jan 16, 2025, Patrick SFB, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)

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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, and Chief Master Sgt. Drew Cheek, HSFS airdrop evaluating loadmaster, 701st Airlift Squadron, prepare to airdrop Mark-25 flares 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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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

A joint task force of the 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, and the 308th Rescue Squadron, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, posed for a team photo before Human Space Flight Support airdrop search and rescue training, used to retrieve astronauts from open-ocean waters upon returning to Earth Jan. 15, 2025, at Patrick SFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)

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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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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

A joint task force of Guardsmen from the 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and Reservist from the 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina posed under a JB Charleston C-17 Globemaster III for a team photo after Human Space Flight Support airdrop search and rescue training, used to retrieve astronauts from open-ocean waters upon returning to Earth Jan. 17, 2025, at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)

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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Tech. Sgt. Wailani Wong, Human Space Flight Support airdrop certifying instructor loadmaster, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, adjusts a Mark-25 flare for Staff Sgt. Nainoa Lehua, HSFS airdrop loadmaster, 204 AS, 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)

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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)

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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Lt. Col. Mike Chrapkiewicz, C-17 Globemaster III pilot, 701st Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, and Capt. Jamie Greenberg, C-17 pilot, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, fly over Cape Canaveral during Human Space Flight Support 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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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Lt. Col. Mike Chrapkiewicz, C-17 Globemaster III pilot, 701st Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, flys over Cape Canaveral during Human Space Flight Support 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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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Senior Master Sgt. John McNiece, HSFS airdrop evaluating loadmaster, 315th Operations Support Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Wailani Wong, Human Space Flight Support airdrop certifying instructor loadmaster, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 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)

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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, holds 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)

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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)

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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Tech. Sgt. Wailani Wong, Human Space Flight Support airdrop certifying instructor loadmaster, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, discusses airdrop tie-downs for Advanced Rescue Craft with pararescuemen, 308th Rescue 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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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

A joint task force of the 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, and the 308th Rescue Squadron, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, posed for a team photo before Human Space Flight Support airdrop search and rescue training, used to retrieve astronauts from open-ocean waters upon returning to Earth Jan. 15, 2025, at Patrick SFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)

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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Tech. Sgt. Wailani Wong, Human Space Flight Support airdrop certifying instructor loadmaster, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, reviews regulations with Chief Master Sgt. Drew Cheek, HSFS airdrop evaluating loadmaster, 701st Airlift Squadron during HSFS airdrop search and rescue training Jan 14, 2025, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)

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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Tech. Sgt. Erik Wierschem, Human Space Flight Support airdrop certifying instructor loadmaster, 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, inspects Mark-25 flares inspections with Chief Master Sgt. Drew Cheek, HSFS airdrop evaluating loadmaster, 701st Airlift Squadron, and Senior Master Sgt. John McNiece, HSFS airdrop evaluating loadmaster, 315th Operations Support Squadron, during HSFS airdrop search and rescue training Jan 14, 2025, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)

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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

Maj. David Reifenberg, combat rescue officer drop zone controller, 308th Rescue Squadron, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, free falls from a Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster III, while Senior Master Sgt. George Reed, pararescueman, 308 RQS prepares to jump, during a Human Space Flight Support airdrop search and rescue exercise Jan 15, 2025, Patrick SFB, Fla. A joint task force of the 204th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and 315th Airlift Wing, JB Charleston, South Carolina, trained on HSFS to retrieve astronauts from open-ocean waters upon returning to Earth. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Della Creech)

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World class athlete

Airman Anita Alvarez, 331st Training Squadron trainee, hangs from the bars during the confidence course at Pacer Forge during one of her final weeks at basic military training on Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Annex, Texas, Jan. 2, 2025. Alvarez, a three-time Olympic athlete, joined the Department of the Air Force World Class Athlete Program upon graduating from BMT. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz)

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State funeral

Members of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region Ceremonial Honor Guard stand at attention while the hearse transporting former President Jimmy Carter arrives at his state funeral departure ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 9, 2025. Carter’s remains were transferred for interment to his hometown of Plains, Ga. (Department of Defense photo by Hayden Hallman)

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