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Alabama Air Guard Completes Water Survival Training
August 4, 2025 — SUMPTER SMITH JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Alabama — Operating a military aircraft and being a U.S. Air Force aircrew member doesn’t just mean knowing what to do inside the cockpit or inside the boom... MORE

Pilots and boom operators assigned to the 106th and 99th Air Refueling Squadrons swim for their rescue raft during water survival training in Trussville, Ala., August 2, 2025.

Oregon, California Air Guard Pilots Practice Water Survival
July 26, 2022 — CULTUS LAKE, Ore. – U.S. Air Force F-15C pilots from the 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, and the 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, conducted water survival skills... MORE

U.S. Air Force Col. Lee Bouma, the 173rd Fighter Wing commander, wades out of the water following his circuit through several water survival training scenarios prepared by 173rd FW Aircrew Flight Equipment at Cultus Lake in Central Oregon, July 16, 2022.

Kentucky Guard ROTC cadets learn water survival techniques
April 8, 2021 — FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Kentucky Army National Guard cadets learned how to survive aviation water crashes March 12 under the direction of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment's Dunker Training... MORE

A Kentucky Army National Guard cadet with the University of Kentucky’s ROTC program gasps for air after being under water during advanced underwater egress training March 12, 2021, under the direction of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment’s Dunker Training instructors at Fort Campbell, Ky.

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D.C. National Guard Supports Law Enforcement at Nationals Park

Montana Army Guard Rescues Three Hikers From Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

Florida Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing Receives First Permanently Assigned F-35