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Leaving a Legacy of Knowledge

336th Training Group Airmen exit a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft after being given an orientation from the flight crew Nov. 20, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Members of the flight crew were part of a training flight from Kirkland AFB, New Mexico, with a loadmaster from Moody AFB, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Leaving a Legacy of Knowledge

Staff Sgt. Andrew McIntosh, 71st Rescue Squadron, shows Airmen from the 336th Training Support Squadron and 336th Training Group a video of survival evasion resistance escape (SERE) High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute training held the previous day during a C-130J Super Hercules orientation Nov. 20, 2014, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. McIntosh is from Moody AFB, Georgia and was aboard the aircraft for upgrade training on the new additions to the C-130J model. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Leaving a Legacy of Knowledge

336th Training Group Airmen are given a tour inside of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. There are 12 different variations of the Lockheed Martin four prop aircraft. Each model differs depending on the mission from air-sea rescue, tactical airlift, weather reconnaissance as well as a civilian version named the LM-100J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Leaving a Legacy of Knowledge

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Jones, 415th Special Operations Squadron, talks to airmen from the 336th Training Support Squadron, about the sequence of events for parachuting out of a C-130J Super Hercules during an orientation Nov. 20, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The C-130J is from Kirkland AFB, New Mexico transporting survival evasion resistance escape (SERE) specialist for training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Leaving a Legacy of Knowledge

Lt. Colonel Andrew Reisenweber, 336th training Group, listens to Major Richard Bolton, 58th Special Operations Wing, speak about the newest specifications in the C-130J Super Hercules cockpit during an aircraft orientation Nov. 20, 2014, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The C130J is the newest model of the Hercules still in production. With the new updates, Airman are continuously learning and training to become more proficient on each of the update. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Leaving a Legacy of Knowledge

Airmen from the 336th Training Support Squadron listen to Lt. Colonel Daniel Leichssenring, 58th Operations Support Squadron, about his experiences with flying in the C-130J Super Hercules Nov. 20, 2014, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Prior to take off, Leichssenring and the C-130J crew gave Airmen a chance to walk around and ask questions about the aircraft and its newest modifications.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Leaving a Legacy of Knowledge

Lt. Colonel Daniel Leichssenring, 58th Operations Support Squadron, explains the different types of radar used aboard a C-130J Super Hercules during an orientation of the aircraft Nov. 20, 2014, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Leichssenring took time to walk-through the aircraft and talk to about its unique modification from the other c-130 models being used in across the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Leaving a Legacy of Knowledge

92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen begin to clear snow form a C-130J Super Hercules for preflight inspections and de-icing Nov. 20, 2014 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The aircraft is from Kirkland AFB, New Mexico and was flown over the Fairchild runway as part of a survival evasion resistance escape (SERE) High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute training the previous day.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Showing the Legacy to leave a Legacy

A C-130J Super Hercules is parked on the runway for preflight inspections and de-icing from 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen Nov. 20, 2014, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. This model of the C-130 family has many updates consisting of newer engines, easy modifications to the bay area and an upgraded flight deck. These modifications allow the aircraft to transform its internal bay from cargo transport to humanitarian relief with no outside support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Capt. Matthew Arnold swims towards a hoist from a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a water operations training scenario Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. As part of the water operations training, Arnold entered the water, waited for the pilot to make several passes to familiarize themselves on approach and hoisting procedures over water. Once in the water and actions were complete, swimmers would communicate to the pilots that they were ready for pick-up using hand signals over their heads. The flight engineer would then hoist the swimmers up from approximately 40 feet. Some pilots were tasked to complete several attempts of ‘helo-casting’ and hoisting to complete their search and rescue certification while others were trainers or used the mission as re-certification. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Capt. Matthew Arnold, 66th Training Squadron combat rescue officer, performs a ‘helo-cast’ out of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a water operations training scenario Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. Helo-casting is style of deployment that combat rescue officers use to enter the water in a time when minutes mean seconds to save a live. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Capt. Marcus Truman, 336th Training Group combat rescue officer, looks out the bay door of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a water operations training scenario Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. The training was also conducted to help train new helicopter pilots and aircrew assigned to the 36th Rescue Flight with maneuvering and retracting persons from water situations. Without a full survivor scenario, the focus was on the initial training of new pilots and the recertification of aircrew members with the 36th Rescue Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Capt. Marcus Truman, 336th Training Group combat rescue officer, is hoisted back onto a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a water operations training scenario Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. A complete water operations training mission would entail simulated recovery of isolated personnel in water situations with the participation of pilots and aircrews from the rescue flight or boat with support personnel aboard. Combat rescue officers are in charge of gathering safety teams to understand the mission, plan out a recovery strategy with aircrews, receive approval and execute the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Capt. Marcus Truman, 336th Training Group combat rescue officer, freefall jumps out of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during water operations training scenario Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. Truman was participating in the scenarios to stay current and proficient on his training as combat rescue officer. Becoming a combat rescue officer entails an extraneous two-phase program that filters officer candidates, solidifying who can withstand high winds, rough seas, extreme weather, mental fatigue and still lead the mission at hand. In 2002, the Combat Rescue Officer program was instated by the Air Force chief of staff, with the vision of having expert leading Airmen in parachuting, personal recovery, diving, resistance during captivity. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Maj. Dee Bochte and Capt. Josiah Hart, 36th Rescue Flight helicopter pilots, look for safe landing zone for freefall swimmers from the 336th Training Group during a water operations training scenario Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. The training was held to train new helicopter pilots and aircrew assigned to the 36th Rescue Flight with maneuvering and retracting persons from water situations. On average, the unit responds from 15 to 20 emergencies each year and is credited with saving more than 687 lives since its inception in 1971. These missions included search and rescue for crashed aircraft and lost hikers, fisherman and hunters; notification and evacuation of backcountry personnel in the face of Washington's worst fire season in seven years; transport of a critically-injured gunshot victim; and the rescue of a seriously injured back-country snowboarder with a 200-foot hoist using night vision in Sandpoint, Idaho. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bernite, 36th Rescue Flight aircrew flight engineer, looks out the bay door of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during water operations training scenario for combat rescue officers from the 336th Training Group and 36th RQF pilots Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. Aircrew engineers go through 25 days of rigorous training consisting undergraduate course, combat survival training, water survival, non-parachuting survival and a basic flight engineer course. Engineers maintain fixed-wing or rotary wing helicopters aircraft systems. They will monitor hydraulics, engine power during climb and approach while communicating with the pilots to ensure exact placement of the aircraft for extraction and hoist control. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Capt. Matthew Arnold, 66th Training Squadron combat rescue officer, is hoisted onto a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter from the 36th Rescue Flight during a water operations training scenario Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. Combat rescue officer, or CRO, is a career field that was created to strengthen Air Force personnel recovery capabilities. The CRO specialty includes direct combatant command and control of combat search and rescue operations. CRO’s and aircrews also train to perform these iterations in rough seas where a rescue hoist is not possible due to wave action. In that instance, they must calculate their jump from the aircraft to land at the top of the wave to avoid freefalling too far and injuring themselves while entering the water. All of this requires constant communication with the entire aircrew and practice. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Staff Sgt. Micahel Shamp, 336th Training Support Squadron independent duty medical technician listens for the 'all clear' during water operations training from pilots aboard a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter assigned to the 36th Rescue Flight Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. . Shamp, accompanied by another independent duty medical technician, Staff Sgt. Brittany Scott, were on standby on a boat to ensure maximum safety before, during and after the water operations training. As an independent duty medical technician they are the sole medical providers in case of an emergency at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter from the 36th Rescue Flight passes over a tree line while looking for a safe potential water landing zone for 336th Training Group combat rescue officers to practice their freefall swimmer deployment during a water operations training scenario Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. The 36th RQF supports the 336th TRG through hands-on helicopter operations for more than 3,000 students per year. Training is conducted year-round at Fairchild and at the school's field location in the Colville National Forest, about 60 miles north of the base. Flight operations include live rescue hoist training, para drop demonstrations, and combat rescue procedures training for students in the basic Combat Survival Course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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Masters of the sky, seas

Capt. Matthew Arnold, 66th Training Squadron, alongside Capt. Marcus Truman, 336th Training Group combat rescue officers, wade in a lake while they wait for pilots and aircrew from the 36th Rescue Flight to hoist them onto the helicopter during a water operations refresher course for combat rescue officers Oct. 17, 2014, at Long Lake, Washington. Water survival training introduces members of the military to several water survival scenarios. It also allows them to reinforce their water skills and practice them until they are comfortable in the water. During the training scenario, combat rescue officers practiced free-fall swimmer deployment, as it is the most efficient way to have a recovery crew to retract an isolated person in a time efficient manner. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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