Video: SCANG ATSO Exercise - Pilot Extraction

MCENTIRE JNGB, SC, UNITED STATES
03.08.2019
Photo by Senior Airman Ashleigh Pavelek
169th Fighter Wing/Public Affairs 

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jessica Charney, a pilot assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 157th Fighter Squadron, is rescued from the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet by firefighters from the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron during a pilot extraction exercise at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Mar. 8, 2019. The extraction was one component of a base-wide Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) exercise, demonstrating Airmen skills with simulated wartime or real-threat scenarios. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Ashleigh Pavelek)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jessica Charney, a pilot assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 157th Fighter Squadron, is rescued from the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet by firefighters from the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron during a pilot extraction exercise at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Mar. 8, 2019. The extraction was one component of a base-wide Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) exercise, demonstrating Airmen skills with simulated wartime or real-threat scenarios. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Ashleigh Pavelek)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jessica Charney, a pilot assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 157th Fighter Squadron, is rescued from the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet by firefighters from the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron during a pilot extraction exercise at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Mar. 8, 2019. The extraction was one component of a base-wide Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) exercise, demonstrating Airmen skills with simulated wartime or real-threat scenarios. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Ashleigh Pavelek)