Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Zach Harting, a competitive swimmer for Team USA, suspends from a simulated parachute harness during a virtual reality parachute landing at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. Harting and fellow Team USA swimmer Natalie Hinds visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival and parachute immersion experiences. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)

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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Natalie Hinds, a competitive swimmer for Team USA, dons a helmet and harness before a virtual reality parachute landing simulation at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. Hinds and fellow Team USA Swimmer Zach Harting visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival and parachute immersion experiences. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)

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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Air Force student participating in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course holds onto harness during a simulated air lift rescue at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25. 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)

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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Air Force student participating in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course holds onto harness during a simulated air lift rescue at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)

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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Air Force student participating in the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course straps into a harness during a simulated air lift rescue at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)

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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

A U.S. Air Force student participates in a simulated air lift rescue during the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)

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Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

U.S. Air Force students swim to the entrance of a raft as part of the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape water survival course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. During the course, Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)

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Team USA swimmers experience SERE training through water survival, parachute immersion

Published Oct. 3, 2023
92nd Air Refueling Wing

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. --

Airmen assigned to a variety of career fields learned techniques needed to survive an emergency water landing and call for rescue. Natalie Hinds and Zach Harting, competitive swimmers for Team USA, visited Fairchild AFB to participate in water survival training and a parachute immersion. Their visit allowed them to see the depth of the SERE mission firsthand and learn what it means to ‘Return with Honor.’ (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)

Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild

Team USA Swimmers visit Fairchild