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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