During operational readiness exercise Beverly Midnight
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During operational readiness exercise Beverly Midnight 11-02, Capt. Kyle Crosby, 36th Squadron pilot, completed his water survival training evaluation, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 14. The evaluation consisted of one-on-one scenarios requiring a member to lift oneself into a one-person raft, identify three points of air entry to inflate the sides of the raft, demonstrate a canapé disentanglement technique by following a parachute line under water that lead the pilot to a clear area, simulating the experience of being caught under a parachute while in the water, and the final task, being dragged by a pulley through the water mimicking the feeling of wind catching the canopy of the parachute and dragging the pilot through water.
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