Crash recovery training

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  • By Airman 1st Class Cheyenne Morigeau
  • 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. --  Airmen from around the world came to D-M to participate in Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery training Sept. 8-12.

CDDAR training educates active duty, guardsman and reservists on systematic approaches to aircraft recovery operations.

"The idea behind this program is to teach how to recover an aircraft as efficiently and as quickly as possible to clear the runway," said Alan Patterson, Air National Guard CDDAR subject matter expert.
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The 51 trainees were put through several scenarios to recover simulated crashed or damaged aircraft.

Aircraft emergency towing, also known as debogging, was just one of the training scenarios that took place in order to preserve Air Force assets.

"This scenario teaches students how to debog a heavy aircraft with one main gear stuck," said Russell Cobaly, Air National Guard CDDAR subject matter expert.

Debogging is the action of pulling an aircraft that is stuck in mud back onto a hard surface.

"What we want to do is teach them how to do it safely and not add secondary damage," said Kobaly.

The training was conducted at the 309th Aerospace and Maintenance and Regeneration Group.

Patterson said the variety and condition of the aircraft here gives the trainees a more realistic training environment.

This course gives the military members involved a unique hands-on experience.

"We have a lot of fun out here," said Patterson. "By the end of the week these (Airmen) have accomplished so much that they don't get to do anywhere else."