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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      US, Turkish Airmen conduct first combined CDDAR exercise with TurAF F-16Published Jan. 11, 2024
                    
                    By Senior Airman Renan Arredondo
                    
                    
                    39th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
            **INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Türkiye (AFNS) --**The 39th Maintenance Squadron facilitated the first crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery training exercise with a Turkish air force **F-16 Fighting Falcon** at **Incirlik Air Base,** Jan. 8.
The objective of the CDDAR exercise was to test participants’ response to a simulated in-flight emergency which required emergency power unit activation, an incapacitated pilot, and aircraft lift.Firefighters assigned to the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a simulated unconscious pilot rescue operation during a crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024.Firefighters assigned to the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a simulated unconscious pilot rescue operation during a crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024. This exercise marked the first time 39th Air Base Wing personnel conducted a combined CDDAR training exercise involving a Turkish air force F-16 Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Renan Arredondo)
            
            
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    First responders from the 39th Medical Group and 39th Civil Engineer Squadron transport a simulated injured pilot during a crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024.First responders from the 39th Medical Group and 39th Civil Engineer Squadron transport a simulated injured pilot during a crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024. This exercise marked the first time 39th Air Base Wing personnel conducted a combined CDDAR training exercise involving a Turkish air force F-16 Fighting Falcon.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Renan Arredondo)
            
            
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    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Devonta Williams, 39th Maintenance Squadron crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) team member, operates air pressure valves to inflate aircraft lift airbags during a CDDAR training exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024.U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Devonta Williams, 39th Maintenance Squadron crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) team member, operates air pressure valves to inflate aircraft lift airbags during a CDDAR training exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024. Interoperability and shared capabilities are key to Turkish and U.S. military cooperation in their roles to defend NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Renan Arredondo)
            
            
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“The focus for us was to practice our job in a more realistic situation and improve our working relationships with our partners to see how we are able to help each other,” said U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tyler Kurtz, 39th MXS CDDAR team chief. “We are a team here. This hasn't happened in quite some time where we’ve done an exercise together. So, we conducted a smaller exercise to serve as a precursor for the future.”
Turkish air force members assigned to the 10th Tanker Base Command, Airmen assigned to the 39th MXS, firefighters and explosive ordnance disposal Airmen from the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron, and emergency medical services personnel from the 39th Medical Group worked together to respond to the simulated aircraft crash site.
Once first responders inspected the scene and determined it was safe, medical personnel assessed the condition of the Turkish pilot and safely transferred him to an ambulance. The CDDAR team then simulated the use of lift bags to prop the aircraft off the ground, to inspect the aircraft’s undercarriage.Firefighters assigned to the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a simulated unconscious pilot rescue operation during a crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024.Firefighters assigned to the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a simulated unconscious pilot rescue operation during a crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024. Interoperability and shared capabilities are key to Turkish and U.S. military cooperation in their roles to defend NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Renan Arredondo)
            
            
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