Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Cecil Dickerson, the 176th Operations Support Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of C-17 Globemaster III current operations, talks to the flight deck of a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 144th Airlift Squadron prior to conducting a water drop over Homer, Alaska, March 3, 2022. The AKANG conducted an exercise with the 212th Rescue Squadron to simulate a water rescue. The Guard conducts regular training to maintain operational readiness for civil search and rescue missions as well as contingency operations.

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Keywords: akang, alaska, parachute, rescue, water, week