NEW CASTLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Del. (Aug. 4, 2026) — B-roll footage shows Airmen assigned to the 142d Airlift Squadron conducting mission preparation for Exercise Castaway 26-6 at the New Castle Air National Guard Base. Footage includes the exterior of the squadron headquarters, Airmen meeting to discuss exercise operations, conducting mission planning inside the squadron's operations area, and preparing aboard a Delaware Air National Guard C-130H3 Hercules aircraft.
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.
As the flying squadron of the 166th Airlift Wing, the 142d Airlift Squadron provides combat-ready aircrews capable of executing tactical airlift, airdrop and aeromedical evacuation missions in support of state, national and worldwide operations. During Exercise Castaway 26-6, the squadron supported personnel recovery training aboard the C-130H3 Hercules.
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 13:06 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 1018068 |
| VIRIN: | 260804-Z-TI414-1004 |
| Filename: | DOD_111891823 |
| Length: | 00:01:27 |
| Location: | NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, US |
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