Joint training in San Diego sharpens survival skills for Wing Airmen

Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 445th Operations Group participate in survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) training aboard a 46-man life raft during water survival training held off the coast of San Diego, California Jan. 19, 2023. The training event was a joint effort between the 445th Airlift Wing and the Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC)-3, HSC-8, HSC-23 and Coast Guard Sector San Diego. Over 150 Reservists from the 445th Airlift Wing, to include 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, 445th Operations Support Squadron, 445th Maintenance Group, 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 445th Maintenance Squadron, 87th Aerial Port Squadron and 89th Airlift Wing provided support or participated in the training event that included water survival, AES training flights and urban survival, evasion, resistance and escape.