Guardian Angels forge path to missing climbers

Staff Sgt. Josiah Blanton uses a directional antenna to locate a beacon signal from a mountain locator unit during a search for three missing climbers Feb 18, 2007. Once he finds the signal, he marks the location and radios it into the command post to be plotted on a map. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Mark Ross)

Mode 7 Emergency Exercise

Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing treat astronauts injured in a NASA orbiter crash during a Mode 7 Exercise at Cape Canaveral February 13th. The exercise provided training in the event the Space Shuttle would veer off the runway during a landing into a remote area of Cape Canaveral. NASA firefighters and Air Force Reserve pararescuemen were airlifted by rescue wing Pave Hawk helicopter aircrews to the remote site to exercise their egress and medical skills.

NASA Emergency Exercise

The 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Foce Base, Fla. was a big player during a Mode 7 Exercise at Cape Canaveral February 13. The Air Force Reserve rescue crews airlifted Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the wing's 308th Rescue Squadron as well as NASA emergency firefighters to a remote location on the Cape where the exercise took place. It allowed rescue workers to training in space shuttle egress in the event of a space shuttle Mode 7 emergency.

NASA Emergency Exercise

The Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. responds to a NASA emergency exercise February 13. Rescue crews from the wing's 301st rescue squadron provided the emergency airlift for the Air Force Reserve pararescuemen and the NASA emergency firefighters to a remote location on Cape Canaveral where the exercise took place.

PJ Dive Ops

Master Sgt. Dave Armstrong's takes a plunge into the Willametter River to practices underwater hazardous device searches at the hull of a ship docked at Swan Island, Ore. May 11, 2006. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Ruby Zarzyczny)

PJ Dive Ops

Staff Sgt. Chris Uriarte, 306th Rescue Squadron pararescueman has his scuba gear inspected before he practices underwater hazardous device searches at a hull of a ship docked at Swan Island, Ore. May 11, 2006. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Ruby Zarzyczny)