July 2, 2020 HIANG unit posture for astronaut recovery during historic launch Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen were on high alert on May 30, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and prepped to rescue two American astronauts who launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
March 20, 2018 New York, Hawaii Airmen prepped for astronaut recovery Members of the New York and Hawaii Air National Guard pushed their search and rescue capabilities to new heights off the coast of Oahu Mar. 4, during a simulated mission to recover adrift astronauts.