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Flight crews from the Hawaii Air National Guard 204th Airlift Squadron are postured and on stand-by to support SpaceX should contingency astronaut rescue be needed. In the event that astronaut rescue is required in the Pacific area of responsibility, the specially trained aviators would launch from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in a pre-staged, pre-equipped alert C-17 Globemaster III and air-drop a team of U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen along with their rescue equipment.
The Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen and it’s 204th Airlift Squadron are one of only two C-17 squadrons in the nation qualified and trained to execute DoD rescue support for SpaceX and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) missions.
The rescue alert mission entails the quick airlift and delivery of “Guardian Angels” - U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen and Combat Rescue Officers - on alert at either Patrick AFB, Fla., (near the launch site), Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The crews are ready at a moment’s notice to board either rescue helicopters or C-17 strategic airlift aircraft and perform open-ocean, airdrop-enabled rescue operations to extract, stabilize, and ensure transport to definitive medical care of the astronauts.
Soundbites:
00:00:02:17: Lt. Col. Jonathan Ma, 204th Airlift Squadron, commander
00:00:03:30: Capt. Joshua Mcgee, 58th Rescue Squadron, combat rescue officer
| Date Taken: | 05.26.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 05.27.2020 23:14 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 754150 |
| VIRIN: | 200526-Z-NP458-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_107830960 |
| Length: | 00:07:52 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US |
| Downloads: | 12 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 12 |
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