/ Published September 13, 2010
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Aircrew flight equipment specialists pull a student behind their watercraft Sept. 10, giving practical experience on how to release a parachute harness while in the water. More than a dozen aircrew members received the water survival training that day at Post'l Point. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Felicia L. Welch)
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Tech. Sgt. Maikel Figueroa-Jimenez, 46th Operation Support Squadron Life Support Flight, assists Maj. David Garay, AAC executive officer, Sept. 10, in donning his personal flotation device and chute harness at Post'l Point. More than a dozen aircrew members received their annual water survival training that day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Felicia L. Welch)
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- An aircrew member begins his training trying to escape from under a water parachute trainer Sept. 10, at Post'l Point. Aircrew members learn to pull hand over hand along the chute's seam to remove the water- logged chute. More than a dozen aircrew members received the water survival training that day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Felicia L. Welch)
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Aircrew flight equipment specialists from 46th Operation Support Squadron teach water survival to Eglin aircrew Sept. 10 at Post'l Point. Some of the activities were: escaping from under a water parachute trainer, moving harness release, and surviving in the one-man life raft. This training is essential to aircrew survival after an in-air emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Felicia L. Welch)
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. Joseph White, 46th Operation Support Squadron’s life support flight, teaches students how to use flares during a water survival training class Sept. 10, at Post'l Point More than a dozen aircrew members received the training that day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Felicia L. Welch)