Mode 7 Emergency Exercise

Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing treat astronauts injured in a NASA orbiter crash during a Mode 7 Exercise at Cape Canaveral February 13th. The exercise provided training in the event the Space Shuttle would veer off the runway during a landing into a remote area of Cape Canaveral. NASA firefighters and Air Force Reserve pararescuemen were airlifted by rescue wing Pave Hawk helicopter aircrews to the remote site to exercise their egress and medical skills.

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NASA Emergency Exercise

The Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. responds to a NASA emergency exercise February 13. Rescue crews from the wing's 301st rescue squadron provided the emergency airlift for the Air Force Reserve pararescuemen and the NASA emergency firefighters to a remote location on Cape Canaveral where the exercise took place.

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NASA Emergency Exercise

The 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Foce Base, Fla. was a big player during a Mode 7 Exercise at Cape Canaveral February 13. The Air Force Reserve rescue crews airlifted Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the wing's 308th Rescue Squadron as well as NASA emergency firefighters to a remote location on the Cape where the exercise took place. It allowed rescue workers to training in space shuttle egress in the event of a space shuttle Mode 7 emergency.

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NASA Emergency Exercise

A NASA firefighter puts his astronaut egress training into effect during a simulated orbiter crash February 13 as part of a Mode 7 Exercise at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The exercise encompassed NASA, the 45 Space Wing and the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing.

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NASA Emergency Exercise

NASA firefighters pull astronauts from a simulated orbiter crash during a Mode 7 exercise designed to exercise their emergency egress skills.

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NASA Emergency Exercise

NASA firefighters shuttle astronauts to a triage area during a Mode 7 Exercise that took place at Cape Canaveral, Fla. February 13. The exercise provides valuable egress training for emergency firefighters and the Air Force Reserve crews who support the shuttle in the event of an emergency.

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NASA Emergency Exercise

Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. receive astronauts from NASA emergency firefighters during a Mode 7 Egress Exercise at Cape Canaveral February 13. The exercise is one of eight possible space shuttle emergency senarios that rescue crews train for.

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NASA Emergency Exercise

Air Force Reserve Pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing exercise their medical skills with NASA firefighters during a Mode 7 Exercise February 13.

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NASA Emergency Exercise

Published Feb. 14, 2007
By 1st Lt. Cathleen Snow

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA Emergency Exercise put Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing out of Patrick Air Force, Fla. to the test February 13 as they exercised their emergency response skills in the event the space shuttle encounters any difficulty.

The exercise is called a Mode 7 because it is one of eight different emergency scenarios that rescue Airmen train for regularly. The 920th Rescue Wing is a combat search and rescue unit but it has an expanded role specifically for astronaut rescue and recovery during any kind of emergency.

Mode 7 Emergency Exercise

NASA Emergency Exercise

NASA Emergency Exercise

NASA Emergency Exercise

NASA Emergency Exercise

NASA Emergency Exercise

NASA Emergency Exercise

NASA Emergency Exercise