Group 4 SAREX (26-T-4939)
July 25, 2026 - July 26, 2026
INCIDENT COMMANDER: Todd Krueger
PROJECT OFFICER: Bill Boyd
REGISTRATION CLOSED
DESCRIPTION:
Scenario-based missing aircraft SAR exercise. This group exercise will operate from a primary mission base at Camarillo Airport (KCMA) in Ventura County, with the possibility of a remote base at Santa Maria (KSMX) in Santa Barbara County, if sufficient support staff is available. Aircraft sorties will be a mixture of grid and ELT searches, and base staff training will support these air sorties. If sufficient ground support staff (SET's and trainers) are available, UDF/Ground teams may be dispatched from the primary base and/or the remote base. Another emphasis will be to brief, dispatch, and debrief air/ground sorties within the time frame allocated in the objectives below Objectives.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Provide qualification or proficiency training to at least 10 aircrew members.
2. Provide qualification or proficiency training to at least 5 UDF members.
3. Provide qualification or proficiency training to at least 5 base staff members.
4. Complete at least four sorties (grid/ELT/AP) for each mission-assigned aircraft.
5. Provide High Bird communications support for bases and field teams.
6. Ensure air & field teams have departed for their assignments within 45 minutes of receiving the initial morning General Briefing.
7. Ensure all air & field teams have departed on follow-up sorties within 30 minutes of the previous crew debriefing.
8. Ensure all Safety Significant Occurrences (SSOs) are reported to the Safety Officer and IC.
