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Pilot in small life raft uses helmet to remove water from inside.


Aircrews train in water survival

An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, practices removing water from his life raft during water survival training at a local water park on August 13, 2022. Part of a routine skill certification, the survival, evasion, resistance and escape training gave KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew and A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots practice on how to survive if their planes crash over a large body of water. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chelsea E. FitzPatrick)

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