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Tech. Sgt. Kevin Collette guides a K-loader toward a C-17 Globemaster III Nov. 8, 2009, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Sergeant Collette and the rest of his crew transported dolphins from the Navy Marine Mammals Program to Noumea, New Caledonia, where they will participate in Lagoon Minex 2009, which is a humanitarian project where U. S. Navy, French, Australian and New Zealand demolition crews will remove mines left over from World War II from the surrounding water of the area. Sergeant Collette is a 15th Airlift Wing loadmaster. He is a native of Worcester, Mass. (Defense Department photo/Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young)


Dolphins fly to New Caledonia with Hickam C-17 crew

Tech. Sgt. Kevin Collette guides a K-loader toward a C-17 Globemaster III Nov. 8, 2009, at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Sergeant Collette and the rest of his crew transported dolphins from the Navy Marine Mammals Program to Noumea, New Caledonia, where they will participate in Lagoon Minex 2009, which is a humanitarian project where U. S. Navy, French, Australian and New Zealand demolition crews will remove mines left over from World War II from the surrounding water of the area. Sergeant Collette is a 15th Airlift Wing loadmaster. He is a native of Worcester, Mass. (Defense Department photo/Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young)

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Tech. Sgt. Joseph Monreal, the 436th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Operations flight chief, watches as a trainee uses a seam in a C-9 round parachute canopy to move from one edge to the other during aircrew water survival refresher training in the Delaware Bay July 17, 2015, near Dover Air Force Base, Del. Aircrew members of the 436th Airlift Wing and 512th Airlift Wing operate the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17A Globemaster III, and had members who participated in the required refresher training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
Master Sgt. Joshua Mal, a C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster assigned to the 3rd Airlift Squadron, keeps his head above water as Staff Sgt. Adam Ellerd, the 436th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Operations NCO in charge, looks over his shoulder from a personal watercraft to see when and if Mal successfully releases from his harness July 17, 2015, near Dover Air Force Base, Del. Mal and other students had to find and release their torso harness fittings while being towed through the water to simulate being dragged by their canopy after landing in water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
Capt. Rob Willoughby, a C-5M Super Galaxy pilot assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadron, applies camouflage paint to his face during a combat survival training exercise July 16, 2015, at the Blackbird State Forest near Smyrna, Del. Willoughby was part of a five-man team that was evading enemy forces after being captured in the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
Members of the 709th and 9th Airlift Squadrons use a map to radio in their location to friendly rescue personnel during a combat survival training exercise July 16, 2015, at the Blackbird State Forest near Smyrna, Del. The aircrew evaded enemy forces for several miles before rendezvousing with friendly rescue forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
Senior Airman Leo Avila, a C-5M Super Galaxy engineer assigned to the 709th Airlift Squadron, uses coordinates to mark his crew’s position on a map during a combat survival training exercise July 16, 2015, at the Blackbird State Forest near Smyrna, Del. The crew was equipped with a compass and a map to navigate several miles of woodland and marsh terrain during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
A Coast Guard HH-65D Dolphin practices hoisting Air Force aircrew members while a Coast Guard rescue swimmer prepares the next student, who was just moved into position by Staff Sgt. Adam Ellerd, the 436th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Operations NCO in charge, using a personal watercraft July 17, 2015, near Dover Air Force Base, Del. The HH-65D is based at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
A security forces Airman plunges into the combat water survival test at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., July 17, 2015. The event was part of a daylong course for Airmen across the Front Range area to determine if they are physically and mentally ready to attend the U.S. Army Pre-Ranger Training Assessment Course, a prerequisite to attending U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Gutierrez)
An F-35 Lightning II assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base takes off July 28, 2015. Since 2010, the F-35 has flown more than 30,000 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Staci Miller)
Members of the 23rd Component Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight perform maintenance on a TF-34 engine July 27, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 23rd CMS supplies the 74th and 75th Fighter Squadrons with TF-34s in support of Moody AFB’s A-10C Thunderbolt IIs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Greg Nash)
An Airman from the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron hangs upside down during rappelling training at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., July 9, 2015. Repelling was a portion of a rope rescue class provided to Airmen to prepare them to descend down the side of buildings or enter confined spaces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Sahara L. Fale)
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