142d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron configures C-130 for Exercise Castaway 26-6

About this video

NEW CASTLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Del. (Aug. 4, 2026) — B-roll footage shows Airmen assigned to the 142d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, with support from members of the 166th Operations Support Squadron, configuring a Delaware Air National Guard C-130H3 Hercules aircraft for Exercise Castaway 26-6. Footage includes Airmen loading medical equipment aboard the aircraft, installing the aeromedical evacuation litter system, coordinating with one another and preparing the aircraft to support aeromedical evacuation operations.

Exercise Castaway brought together the 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard; the 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base; and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City. U.S. Air Force survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists, C-5M Super Galaxy and C-130 Hercules aircrews, U.S. Coast Guard personnel and rescue forces practiced personnel recovery operations.

The exercise focused on survival, signaling, communication and coordinated search and rescue procedures that enable recovery forces to locate and recover isolated personnel.

The 142d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron provides trained and qualified aeromedical evacuation crews capable of transforming cargo aircraft into airborne medical treatment platforms for state, national and worldwide operations. During Exercise Castaway 26-6, squadron members configured the C-130H3 Hercules to support personnel recovery training.

This video is part of a multi-package B-roll series documenting the 166th Airlift Wing's participation in Exercise Castaway 26-6.

(U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Yonette Martin)