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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Neil Seaman, a firefighter with the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, comforts a simulated aircraft crash victim while a rescue helicopter lands during a mass-casualty exercise in Peoria, Ill., April 12, 2014. An Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules was used to imitate an aircraft crash with 50 casualties on a Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport runway. The airport hosted the tri-annual exercise to test its emergency protocols. Several emergency-response agencies, including the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, also participated in the exercise to practice their procedures and training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released. Image cropped to emphasize subject matter.)


182nd firefighters act in aircraft crash exercise

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Neil Seaman, a firefighter with the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, comforts a simulated aircraft crash victim while a rescue helicopter lands during a mass-casualty exercise in Peoria, Ill., April 12, 2014. An Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules was used to imitate an aircraft crash with 50 casualties on a Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport runway. The airport hosted the tri-annual exercise to test its emergency protocols. Several emergency-response agencies, including the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, also participated in the exercise to practice their procedures and training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released. Image cropped to emphasize subject matter.)

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The flags of the United States of America and the state of Illinois wave from a C-130 Hercules returning Airmen home from deployment in Peoria, Ill., March 7, 2017. More than 100 Airmen with the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, mobilized to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
From left, U.S. Air Force Col. William Robertson, the commander of the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard; Gov. Bruce Rauner, the governor of the state of Illinois; and Chief Master Sgt. Patrick Armstrong, the 182nd Airlift Wing command chief, welcome Airmen home from a deployment in Peoria, Ill., March 7, 2017. More than 100 Airmen with the wing mobilized to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
From left, U.S. Air Force Col. William Robertson, the commander of the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard; Gov. Bruce Rauner, the governor of the state of Illinois; and Chief Master Sgt. Patrick Armstrong, the 182nd Airlift Wing command chief, welcome Airmen home from a deployment in Peoria, Ill., March 7, 2017. More than 100 Airmen with the wing mobilized to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Cole, a mobility air forces electronic warfare systems specialist with the 182nd Maintenance Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, reunites with family after returning home from deployment in Peoria, Ill., March 7, 2017. Cole and more than 100 Airmen with the 182nd Airlift Wing mobilized to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Krystian Zyszczynski, an aircraft hydraulic systems specialist with the 182nd Maintenance Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, reunites with family after returning home from deployment in Peoria, Ill., March 7, 2017. Zyszczynski and more than 100 Airmen with the 182nd Airlift Wing mobilized to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, returns to Peoria, Ill., from an overseas deployment March 5, 2017. More than 100 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
A member of the 182nd Airlift Wing waves the American flag as his C-130 Hercules returns to Peoria, Ill., from an overseas deployment March 5, 2017. More than 100 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
A member of the 182nd Airlift Wing waves the American flag as his C-130 Hercules returns to Peoria, Ill., from an overseas deployment March 5, 2017. More than 100 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Benjamin Hancock, a C-130 Hercules co-pilot with the 169th Airlift Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, reunites with family members after returning to Peoria, Ill., from an overseas deployment March 5, 2017. Hancock and more than 100 other 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Benjamin Hancock, a C-130 Hercules co-pilot with the 169th Airlift Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, reunites with family members after returning to Peoria, Ill., from an overseas deployment March 5, 2017. Hancock and more than 100 other 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Filipek, center, a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 169th Airlift Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, poses with family members after returning to Peoria, Ill., from an overseas deployment March 5, 2017. Filipek and more than 100 other 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)
A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, returns to Peoria, Ill., from an overseas deployment March 5, 2017. More than 100 182nd Airlift Wing Airmen deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)