U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard personnel conduct Exercise Castaway approximately eight miles offshore near Indian River Inlet, Delaware, Aug. 4, 2026. The exercise brought together SERE specialists, a 436th Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy, a 166th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City to rehearse maritime personnel recovery procedures, including signaling, aerial resupply and hoist operations. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Keira Rossman, Airman 1st Class Dismore-Mann and Staff Sgt. Yonette Martin)
Airmen and civilian personnel assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing participated in a condensed, hybrid protocol training course hosted by the Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) Office of Protocol and Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations (AFMAO), April 20.
