U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Zane Smith, an aviation maintenance technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Ventura, prepares to hoist a rescue swimmer from an Air Station Ventura MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Santa Barbara, California, during a training flight offshore of Long Beach, California, Aug. 12, 2026. Rescue swimmer is an aircrew qualification held by Coast Guard aviation survival technicians, who are trained to perform search and rescue, medical and other specialized missions from Coast Guard aircraft. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Robertson)