Air Force Trains Pilots to Survive When GPS Just Might Betray Them

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KEY POINTS

•The Air Force Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base specializes in prepping aircrew for hostile territory situations.
•SERE training covers emergency egress, water survival, long-term evasion, and resistance skills for worst-case crash scenarios.
•This course equips personnel to handle being stranded or isolated behind enemy lines to maximize survival chances.

At Fairchild Air Force Base, something whimsically called 'SERE' training (think 'Survive If Really Endangered') insists on preparing aircrew for the charming possibility they might become unplanned tourists behind enemy lines. Starting at this magical wilderness bootcamp, pilots are taught survival skills ranging from how to jump out of planes like action stars to water survival like fancy lifeguards — except hostile enemies might be the ones watching. Despite being a serious crash course in emergency egress and long-term evasion, the most prominent lesson might be that the Air Force expects you’ll be stranded somewhere no Starbucks has Wi-Fi, all while spot-checking your resistance to interrogation and eventual escape, because who doesn’t love a multitasking syllabus?

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Nothing says 'fun vacation' like learning to survive crashes, evade enemies, and resist interrogation—all while dressed for work at Fairchild Air Force Base.

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