HAWAII, UNITED STATES
01.14.2015
At Hickam Field, if an aircraft is disabled upon landing, a team of Airmen from The Hawaii Air National Guard and the active duty Air Force would respond to clear the runway, and reopen the airfield. The Crashed Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery or CDDAR team lifted a retired Navy F4 during its annual training event recently at the Navy Air Museum at Kalaeloa Airfield. This years Total Force Integration exercise incorporated 45 maintenance airmen from F-22, KC-135, and C-17 units alongside members of the Coast Guard. The CDDAR mission is headed up by Guardsman MSgt Ken Doi, who is the CDDAR Manager for Hickam Field and has coordinated the last three annual training exercises.
Interview : MSgt Ken Doi, Hickam Air Field Crashed Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery Manager.
After a platform is laid and many hoses run to the airbags the aircraft is slowly lifted to a position where is can be stabilized and moved off the runway. The equipment is designed for C-17’s but, can be used to lift almost any aircraft the lands at Hickam Air Field both military and commercial. (Air National Guard Video by, TSgt Andrew Lee Jackson, 154th Wing Public Affairs)
