Photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson | 173rd Fighter Wing | 07.25.2019
U.S. Air Force F-15C pilots from the 173rd Fighter Wing train on a simulated parachute drag, releasing their harness while being dragged behind a personal watercraft at Cultus Lake, Oregon, July 25, 2019. The training occurs every three years and is necessary for flying and training the F-15C over water, something these pilots do when using the ranges over the Oregon and California Coast.......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson | 173rd Fighter Wing | 07.25.2019
U.S. Air Force F-15C instructor pilots with the 173rd Fighter Wing make their way to a simulated parachute drag during water survival training at Cultus Lake, Oregon, July 25, 2019. The training occurs every three years and is necessary for flying and training the F-15C over water, something these pilots do when using the ranges over the Oregon and California Coast. (U.S. Air National Guard......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson | 173rd Fighter Wing | 07.25.2019
173rd Fighter Wing Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen administer water survival training with the help of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructor Staff Sgt. Joe Halloran for wing F-15C Instructor pilots at Cultus Lake, Oregon, July 25, 2019. The training occurs every three years, and is necessary for flying the F-15C over water, something these pilots do when using the ranges over the......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson | 173rd Fighter Wing | 07.25.2019
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kedric Osborne, an F-15C Instructor Pilot at the 173rd Fighter Wing, takes a deep breath before submerging beneath a floating parachute canopy during water survival training at Cultus Lake, Oregon, July 25, 2019. Aircrew Flight Equipment hosted the training and was present for all the iterations to ensure participant safety and to ensure participants received the......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson | 173rd Fighter Wing | 07.25.2019
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Earnest O’Neal, a flight surgeon at the 173rd Fighter Wing, grabs a breath after finding his way from under a floating parachute canopy during water survival training at Cultus Lake, Oregon, July 25, 2019. The training occurs every three years and is necessary for flying and training the F-15C over water, something these pilots do when using the ranges over the Oregon......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson | 173rd Fighter Wing | 07.25.2019
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kedric Osborne, an F-15C Instructor Pilot at the 173rd Fighter Wing, navigates underneath a floating parachute canopy during water survival training at Cultus Lake, Oregon, July 25, 2019. The training occurs every three years and is necessary for flying and training the F-15C over water; something these pilots do when using the ranges over the Oregon and California......