Story by Tech. Sgt. John Wilkes | 180th Fighter Wing Ohio National Guard | 04.24.2022
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing and 200th RED HORSE Squadron worked together for a Crashed Damaged/Disabled Aircraft Recovery training event April 23-24, 2022, in Swanton, Ohio. "CDDAR training consists of both classroom and hands-on training that allows Airmen to practice alternate aircraft lifting and towing procedures," said Senior......
Story by Senior Airman Erick Requadt | 23rd Wing | 07.28.2020
It takes an aircraft for maintainers to train, but when they can’t interrupt the flying schedule, Airmen with the 23d Maintenance Group get innovative. Maintainers with the 23d Maintenance Squadron Maintenance Flight cut an auxiliary fuel tank out of a decommissioned HC-130J Combat King II wing to provide fuel systems maintainers with a tool for real-world training....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Charles Delano | 153rd Airlift Wing | 05.17.2017
An A-7 Corsair II aircraft streaks across the cloudy landscape. The pilot transmits a distress call to the tower to relay that his aircraft is heavily damaged. He manages a hard landing but his aircraft has lost all system power and veered off the taxiway into heavy mud. A scenario similar to this is what activates the 153rd Maintenance Group Crash Damage or Disabled Aircraft Recovery team....
Story by Airman 1st Class Parker Dubois | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 04.12.2016
Some U.S. Service members don't realize this team exists until they're needed, which holds true for the Crash Disabled Damaged Aircraft Recovery team assigned to the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The crash recovery team, which is made up of trained crew chiefs, responds to in-flight and ground aircraft emergencies. The team is trained to handle......
Story by Master Sgt. Joey Swafford | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.21.2015
Airmen assigned to 455th Air Expeditionary Wing’s Crash, Damaged, Disabled Aircraft Recovery Team are always just a phone call away to respond to any in flight emergency or mishaps that occurs here....
Story by Airman Megan Floyd | 169th Fighter Wing | 05.06.2015
Consider this scenario, an aircraft coming in for a routine landing has been damaged, leaving a trail of aircraft parts and debris in its wake. The F-16 Fighting Falcon came to a slow, grinding halt in the middle of the runway....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jacob Morgan | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.28.2013
When an aircraft is stuck and can't move on its own, there is one shop that specializes in transporting it safely from one location to the next. Crash recovery personnel can dig an aircraft out of the ground after a crash, keep the people, environment and the aircraft safe, recover evidence for safety investigations, cut the aircraft into pieces if necessary and transport it back to where it's......
Story by Capt. Penelope Carroll | 451st Air Expeditionary Wing | 02.11.2011
The single runway of Kandahar Airfield has specialized teams to keep it running smoothly. In the case of a crash, for example, the 451st AEW has a crash recovery team who are responsible for all American aircraft with in-flight emergencies on the airfield....
