NEW CASTLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Del. (Aug. 4, 2026) — B-roll footage shows Airmen assigned to the 166th Operations Group, including members of the 166th Operations Support Squadron, 142d Airlift Squadron and 142d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, walking across the flight line toward a Delaware Air National Guard C-130H3 Hercules aircraft in preparation for Exercise Castaway 26-6.
Exercise Castaway brought together the 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard; the 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base; and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City. U.S. Air Force survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists, C-5M Super Galaxy and C-130 Hercules aircrews, U.S. Coast Guard personnel and rescue forces practiced personnel recovery operations.
The exercise focused on survival, signaling, communication and coordinated search and rescue procedures that enable recovery forces to locate and recover isolated personnel.
The 166th Airlift Wing supported the exercise by providing C-130 aircrew and aeromedical evacuation capabilities, contributing to tactical airlift operations and personnel recovery training.
This video is part of a multi-package B-roll series documenting the 166th Airlift Wing's participation in Exercise Castaway 26-6.
(U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Yonette Martin)
| Date Taken: | 08.04.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.08.2026 12:28 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 1018066 |
| VIRIN: | 260804-Z-TI414-1006 |
| Filename: | DOD_111891814 |
| Length: | 00:00:38 |
| Location: | DELAWARE, US |
| Downloads: | 1 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 1 |
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