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WEST COAST HISTORY: SAREX comes to Tofino Airport and coastal waters

Published 5:30 am Saturday, March 7, 2026

By Susie Quinn

A rescue diver with 442 Search and Rescue Squadron in Comox jumps from the back of a military transport aircraft over Tofino during a five-day search and rescue training exercise around the West Coast, as seen in the March 7, 2018 front page of the Westerly News. The Air force SARTechs teamed up with emergency first responders for SAREX, where rescuers faced a variety of set-up scenarios so they could learn to work together. (Cpl. Joey Beaudin, CAF/ Westerly News)

A rescue diver with 442 Search and Rescue Squadron in Comox jumps from the back of a military transport aircraft over Tofino during a five-day search and rescue training exercise around the West Coast, as seen in the March 7, 2018 front page of the Westerly News. The Air force SARTechs teamed up with emergency first responders for SAREX, where rescuers faced a variety of set-up scenarios so they could learn to work together. (Cpl. Joey Beaudin, CAF/ Westerly News)

A rescue diver with 442 Search and Rescue Squadron in Comox jumps from the back of a military transport aircraft over Tofino during a five-day search and rescue training exercise around the West Coast, as seen in the March 7, 2018 front page of the Westerly News.

The Airforce SARTechs teamed up with emergency first responders for SAREX, where rescuers faced a variety of set-up scenarios so they could learn to work together.

(Corporal Joey Beaudin, CAF/ Westerly News)

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