First Air Force (Air Forces Space), Detachment 3, alongside the 729th Airlift Squadron and several other key military and NASA entities, have successfully executed a FIT Check/Air Transportability Certification of the NASA Orion Recovery Cradle Assembly (ORCA) . This exercise serves as a proof of concept for utilizing C-17 aircraft for post-mission transport of the Orion Crew Module, potentially revolutionizing logistics within space exploration.