Air Force releases report on 24th SOW pararescueman’s mountaineering death
By Jim Thompson
Posted Jun 17, 2020 at 5:49 PM
HURLBURT FIELD — A U.S. Air Force pararescueman (PJ) who had been part of the Hurlburt Field-based 24th Special Operations Wing died in a fall from the top of a cliff after installing some anchoring equipment to assist less-experienced team members during mountain climbing and rescue training last year in Idaho, according to an Air Force Accident Investigation Board (AIB) report released Wednesday.
Tech. Sgt. Peter Kraines, 33, who had been based at North Carolina’s Pope Army Airfield, died Oct. 8 during training at the Black Cliff climbing area between Boise and Lucky Peak.
According to a news release from Hurlburt Field-headquartered Air Force Special Operations Command, of which the 24th Special Operations Wing is a part, Kraines was a member of a five-person training team comprising himself and two other pararescuemen, along with two combat controllers.
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