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  • Exercise to Test Space Shuttle Rescue Capabilities

    01/23/2004 1:29:06 PM PST · by Calpernia · 4 replies · 135+ views
    Special to American Forces Press Service ^ | Jan. 23, 2004 | By Tech. Sgt. Jason Tudor, USAF
    Lajes Field's capabilities to save a downed space shuttle crew will be put to the test during a daylong exercise here Jan. 30. The exercise involves American and Portuguese forces and a Defense Department agency for space flight. The combined event joins 65th Air Base Wing and Portuguese Air Base 4 emergency forces at this base in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. Joint fire, medical, search and rescue, as well as other forces here will take part testing a wealth of capabilities, according to Portuguese air force Maj. Albano Coutinho, chief of the air operations center here. The DoD Manned Spaceflight Support...