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Survival handbook of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) from 1944. Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) is a training concept originally developed by the United Kingdom during World War II. It is best known by its military acronym and prepares a range of Western forces to survive when evading or being captured.
Insignia. 336th Training Group emblem (Approved 15 April 1975)[1] The 336th Training Group is the combat survival training group of the United States Air Force. The group is located at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, with one subordinate unit at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, and one at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The Group ...
34th Combat Training Squadron. Little Rock AFB. "Cougars". Green Flag. 319th Combat Training Squadron. Peterson AFB. Advanced Space Operations School (ASOpS) 330th Combat Training Squadron.
The Royal Air Force is the lead on aircrew-focused training for military personnel in the United Kingdom and has a second training centre (ASTC) located at RAF Cranwell, in Lincolnshire. The patron of ASTC is Ray Mears, who was in a SERE situation during filming in 2005 when his helicopter crashed in Wyoming. Mears managed to recover all of his ...
Air Force Specialty Code. The Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) is an alphanumeric code used by the United States Air Force to identify a specific job. Officer AFSCs consist of four characters and enlisted AFSCs consist of five characters. A letter prefix or suffix may be used with an AFSC when more specific identification of position ...
Military Training Instructor. United States Air Force Basic Military Training (also known as BMT or boot camp) is a seven-week program of physical and combat training required in order for an individual to become enlisted into the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and United States Space Force.
1966–1970. Rank. Petty officer second class (Postal Clerk) Battles/wars. Vietnam War (POW) Other work. SERE instructor. Douglas Brent Hegdahl (born September 3, 1946) is a former United States Navy petty officer second class (E-5) who was held as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. After an early release, he was able to provide the ...
A Combat Systems Officer (CSO[1]) is a flight member of an aircrew in the United States Air Force and is the mission commander in many multi-crew aircraft. The combat systems officer manages the mission and integrates systems and crew with the aircraft commander to collectively achieve and maintain situational awareness and mission effectiveness.