Air Force SERE – Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape

Posté le 29 mars 2011 de Toni G.

SERE stands for Survival-Evasion-Resistance-Escape for the US Air Force, and Survive-Evade-Resist-Extract for the Royal Air Force. Watch the video shot at the USAF Survival School, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA), Fairchild AFB, Washington:

Air Guard flight crews undergo water survival training

Posté le 1 août 2009 de Toni G.

Two pilots from the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing in San Antonio are raised out of the water during refresher aircrew water survival training at Canyon Lake near San Antonio. Army National Guard UH-60 crews from the 149th Aviation Regiment in San Antonio provided airlift support. The refresher training is mandatory for all aircrew members.

Source: US Air Force Link

BBC – Building-up a shelter

Posté le 25 juillet 2009 de Toni G.

Jim Zwayer and Bill Weaver took off that day – January 25th, 1966 !

Posté le 25 janvier 2009 de Toni G.

SR71 Blackbird – USAF photo by Tech SGT Michael Haggerty – Source: www.af.mil

This unbelievable test flight happened in 1966, and remained top secret for decades given the constraints of the Cold war at that time. You can read this breath-taking story in browsing into Google. Type – SR-71 Blackbird breakup at Mach 3.18 – (or click on this link, then on the first webpage of the Google list proposed). Plant yourself firmly in an armchair, then you can start to read the most amazing aeronautical report I have ever read!