UPDATE3: Recovery mode for airman

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - Almost 24 hours after an Airman from the 24th Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field is still missing Nov. 6 in the Gulf of Mexico after falling from a C-130 about four miles south of Hurlburt Field during a jump-training exercise. The Coast Guard told WEAR-TV/Pensacola on Nov. 5 a Staff Sergeant, who has not been identified, was training when he fell from the C-130 about 1,500 feet over the GoM. The CG, Air Force and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are searching for the service member south of Destin. Units involved in the search are from the 1st and 24th Special Operations Wings at Hurlburt; an HC-144 and MH-60 from CG Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala.; two CG Station Destin Response Boats; 86th Test Wing at Eglin AFB; Army 7th Special Forces Group from Duke Field; Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office; and Florida Fish and Wildlife. The CG is asking for anyone who may have seen something around the time the airman went missing Tuesday around 1:30 p.m. to call CG Station Destin’s Command Center at (850) 244-7147. (Sources: WEAR, WKRG 11/06/19) https://weartv.com/news/local/coast-guard-airman-falls-1500-feet-during-training-jump-search-continues UPDATE: Search continues Nov. 8 for a fourth day. Reserve rescue airmen, two HH-60G Pave Hawks, and one HC-130 Combat King from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla., joined in on the search. UPDATE 2: The Coast Guard suspended its search for airman south of Destin on Nov. 8. The CG's air and boat crews spent over 130 hours on scene and searched more than 4,909 square-nautical miles over the course of four days but were unable to locate the airman. UPDATE3: At 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, the AF took the lead role in recovery efforts of the missing airman, who has not been identified and assigned to the 24 Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt. (Source: AF Times 11/09/19)