Joint training in Key West sharpens survival skills for 445th AW Airmen

Reservists from the 445th Operation Group’s 89th Airlift Squadron, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 445th Operations Support Squadron make their way to a 46-man life raft during water survival training alongside the U.S. Naval Air Station Key West Search and Rescue, Sector Key West Coast Guard and Key West Police Department in Key West, Florida Nov. 22, 2024. Over 80 reservists from Ops, 445th Maintenance Group, 445th Mission Support Group and 445th Airlift Wing medical squadrons participated in or provided support for the joint training event Nov. 21-22, 2024. Training included water survival and urban survival, evasion, resistance and escape. AES Airmen also conducted training flights to fulfill their training requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)

Joint training in Key West sharpens survival skills for 445th AW Airmen

Reservists from the 445th Operation Group’s 89th Airlift Squadron, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 445th Operations Support Squadron float in a 46-man life raft as they participate in water survival training with the U.S. Naval Air Station Key West Search and Rescue, Sector Key West Coast Guard and Key West Police Department in Key West, Florida Nov. 21, 2024. Over 80 reservists from Ops, 445th Maintenance Group, 445th Mission Support Group and 445th Airlift Wing medical squadrons participated in or provided support for the joint training event Nov. 21-22, 2024. Training included water survival and urban survival, evasion, resistance and escape. AES Airmen also conducted training flights to fulfill their training requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Angela Jackson)

Joint training in Key West sharpens survival skills for 445th AW Airmen

Reservists from the 445th Operation Group’s 89th Airlift Squadron, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 445th Operations Support Squadron along the U.S. Naval Air Station Key West Search and Rescue, Sector Key West Coast Guard and Key West Police Department participated in water survival training in Key West, Fla. Nov. 21, 2024. Over 80 reservists from Ops, 445th Maintenance Group, 445th Mission Support Group and 445th Airlift Wing medical squadrons participated in or provided support for the joint training event Nov. 21-22, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)

Joint training in Key West sharpens survival skills for 445th AW Airmen

Master Sgt. Dustin Dobbs, 445th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialist, briefs reservists from the 445th Operation Group’s 89th Airlift Squadron, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 445th Operations Support Squadron about water survival while participating with the U.S. Naval Air Station Key West Search and Rescue, Sector Key West Coast Guard and Key West Police Department in Key West, Florida Nov. 22, 2024. Over 80 reservists from Ops, 445th Maintenance Group, 445th Mission Support Group and 445th Airlift Wing medical squadrons participated in or provided support for the joint training event Nov. 21-22, 2024. Training included water survival and urban survival, evasion, resistance and escape. AES Airmen also conducted training flights to fulfill their training requirements.

Joint training in Key West sharpens survival skills for 445 AW Airmen

Published Dec. 5, 2024
445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --

Over 80 reservists from the 445th Airlift Wing, to include 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, 445th Operations Support Squadron, 445th Maintenance Group, 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 445th Maintenance Squadron, 87th Aerial Port Squadron and the 89th Airlift Squadron, provided support or participated in the joint training event that included water survival, AES training flights and urban survival, evasion, resistance and escape Nov. 21-22, 2024. in Key West, Florida.

The training was coordinated and executed alongside the U.S. Naval Air Station Key West Search and Rescue, Sector Key West Coast Guard and Key West Police Department.