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News card: Airman dies after fall during pregame rappel demonstration at the Alamodome

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Airman dies after fall during pregame rappel demonstration at the Alamodome. File photo, August 20, 2026 (U.S. Air Force, A1C Amanda Yastrzab, public domain, via DVIDS): silhouette of an instructor from Detachment 2, 6th Combat Training Squadron, rappelling during training at Camp Bullis; not from the event. Key facts, Saturday, October 17, 2026: at the Alamodome in San Antonio, before UTSA played Navy in its Salute to Armed Forces game, one of four service members rappelling from the rafters slid down out of control and hit the field at about 7 PM Central; one airman died of his injuries and has not been named; his unit, 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, trains TACP airmen at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis; Nellis Air Force Base says it is under investigation; kickoff was delayed about 10 minutes. Sources: Task & Purpose, San Antonio Express-News, KSAT, ESPN, The Sun. exeindex.com/military. @exeindex.
File, Aug 20, 2026: Det 2, 6th CTS rappel training at Camp Bullis. Not from Oct 17. Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Yastrzab, via DVIDS (image 9922256), cropped by EXE Index · Public domain (U.S. Government work); card by EXE Index

Oct 17: An Air Force airman died after a fall in a pregame rappelling demonstration at the Alamodome in San Antonio before UTSA played Navy, Nellis AFB told Task & Purpose. He was with the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Det 2. Under investigation.

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News card: Airman dies after fall during pregame rappel demonstration at the Alamodome
Where
North America
When
2026-10-17
Source
Task & Purpose
Credit
File, Aug 20, 2026: Det 2, 6th CTS rappel training at Camp Bullis. Not from Oct 17. Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Amanda Yastrzab, via DVIDS (image 9922256), cropped by EXE Index
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Public domain (U.S. Government work); card by EXE Index
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North America, United States

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  1. Task & Purpose
  2. Dispatch: the full record

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