NASA Emergency Exercise

Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. receive astronauts from NASA emergency firefighters during a Mode 7 Egress Exercise at Cape Canaveral February 13. The exercise is one of eight possible space shuttle emergency senarios that rescue crews train for.

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 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.

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.

Patrick reservists practice Space Shuttle rescues

Published Feb. 16, 2007

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla -- Reservists from Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing here took part in a Mode 7 Exercise at Cape Canaveral Feb. 13.

Helicopter crews from the wing's 301st Rescue Squadron provide range security during Space Shuttle launches. Pararescuemen in the wing's 308th RQS are on standby to rescue and treat astronauts if a Space Shuttle veers off the runway during a landing in a remote area of Cape Canaveral.

During the exercise, wing HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters airlifted NASA firefighters and Air Force Reserve pararescuemen to a remote training site for them to practice their egress and medical skills.

Airmen in Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing, the host unit at Patrick AFB, also took part in the exercise.

The 920th RQW's wartime task is combat search and rescue of downed allied aircrew members. (Air Force Reserve Command News Service)