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Major accident simulation tests 910th readiness

Youngstown Air Reserve Station firefighters carry a simulated victim from a C-130 to a triage area during a Major Accident Readiness Exercise here, April 23, 2014. In the exercise scenario, a C-130 aircraft’s landing gear collapsed while landing on the assault strip. Debris from the aircraft hit a private aircraft taxiing nearby. Base emergency response personnel tested their response capability while Wing Inspection Team (WIT) members observed. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.

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Major accident simulation tests 910th readiness

A 910th Airlift Wing firefighter radios victim statuses to response coordinators during a Major Accident Readiness Exercise (MARE) here, April 23, 2014. In the exercise scenario, a C-130 aircraft’s landing gear collapsed while landing on the assault strip. Debris from the aircraft hit a private aircraft taxiing nearby. Base emergency response personnel tested their response capability while Wing Inspection Team (WIT) members observed. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.

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Major accident simulation tests 910th readiness

910th Airlift Wing firefighters remove a simulated victim from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a Major Accident Readiness Exercise (MARE) here, April 23, 2014. In the exercise scenario, a C-130 aircraft’s landing gear collapsed while landing on the assault strip. Debris from the aircraft hit a private aircraft taxiing nearby. Base emergency response personnel tested their response capability while Wing Inspection Team (WIT) members observed. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.

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Major accident simulation tests 910th readiness

910th Airlift Wing firefighters simulate an emergency response during a Major Accident Readiness Exercise (MARE) here, April 23, 2014. In the exercise scenario, a C-130 aircraft’s landing gear collapsed while landing on the assault strip. Debris from the aircraft hit a private aircraft taxiing nearby. Base emergency response personnel tested their response capability while Wing Inspection Team (WIT) members observed. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.

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Major accident simulation tests 910th readiness

Airmen from the 910th Maintenance Squadron assemble a dunnage system under the wing of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a Major Accident Readiness Exercise here, April 23, 2014. The dunnage system supports large airbags that can be inflated to lift the aircraft. The Airmen were part of the Crash, Damaged, Disabled, Aircraft Recovery (CDDAR) team. In the exercise scenario, the C-130 aircraft’s landing gear collapsed while landing on the assault strip. Debris from the aircraft hit a private aircraft taxiing nearby. Base emergency response personnel tested their response capability while Wing Inspection Team (WIT) members observed. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.

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Major accident simulation tests 910th readiness

U.S. Air Force Reserve Chief Master Sgt. Paul Wagner, aerospace maintenance superintendant with the 910th Maintenance Squadron, and a Wing Inspection Team (WIT) member, watches Airmen on the Crash, Damaged, Disabled, Aircraft Recovery (CDDAR) team build a dunnage system under a C-130 aircraft wing during a Major Accident Readiness Exercise (MARE) here, April 23. The dunning system supports large airbags that can be inflated to lift the aircraft. In the exercise scenario, the C-130 aircraft’s landing gear collapsed while landing on the assault strip. Debris from the aircraft hit a private aircraft taxiing nearby. Base emergency response personnel tested their response capability while Wing Inspection Team (WIT) members observed. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.

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U.S. Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Franco Russo, a 910th Maintenance Squadron aerospace craftsman, briefs members of the Crash, Damaged, Disabled, Aircraft Recovery (CDDAR) team toward the end of a Major Accident Readiness Exercise (MARE) here, April 23. The CDDAR team built a dunnage system used to hold air bags that can upright a downed aircraft. In the exercise scenario, the C-130 aircraft’s landing gear collapsed while landing on the assault strip. Debris from the aircraft hit a private aircraft taxiing nearby. Base emergency response personnel tested their response capability while Wing Inspection Team (WIT) members observed. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.

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Major accident exercise tests 910th's readiness

Published April 24, 2014
By Eric M. White
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

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