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Citizen Airmen Answer Astronauts HSFS Search and Rescue Call

315th Airlift Wing

Jan. 17, 2025 | 3:14

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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