April 25, 2013 Aeromedical Evac team saves 3-day-old baby Pacific Air Force's area of responsibility extends from the west coast of the United States to the east coast of Africa and from the Arctic to the Antarctic, spanning more than 100 million square miles, but covering this distance can be a challenge when providing proper medical care.The mission: get
April 11, 2013 Teamwork, technology allows Kandahar C-130J AE crew to save a life On the battlefield of northern Afghanistan in late March, an Air Force combat controller was shot by the enemy through the right thigh, opening up a large wound and fracturing his femur. The Airman was rushed to a hospital at Mazar-e Sharif, where he was operated on in an effort to save his leg and
April 2, 2013 After The Battle: The flying ICU Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a four-part series about the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing's medical response capabilities and the various teams within the wing who play a role in the care and transportation of combat wounded troops throughout Afghanistan.Three critically injured patients need
March 28, 2013 Transit Center introduces Kyrgyz military to aeromedical evacuations Transit Center at Manas medical professionals meet weekly with their counterparts in the Kyrgyz military for the purpose of exchanging information on processes and sharing common terminology. At the request of the Kyrgyz Republic, the most recent military exchange introduced several Kyrgyz military
March 20, 2013 81st MDG conducts air evacuation training Members of the 81st Medical Group held simulated air evacuation training March 14 on the flightline at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.The training project headed by Col. (Dr.) Paul Nelson, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, was a joint aeromedical integrated showcase
March 18, 2013 After The Battle: The bandage mission Editor's Note: This is the second in a four-part series about the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing's medical response capabilities and the various teams within the wing who play a role in the care and transportation of combat wounded troops throughout Afghanistan.More than 70 years ago, the first flight
March 14, 2013 Flight nurses revolutionize military medical care Before World War II, the U.S. military showed little interest in using aircraft and flight nurses to evacuate wounded soldiers to rear areas. The global war, however, forced the U.S. Army Air Forces to revolutionize military medical care through the development of air evacuation (later known as
March 13, 2013 Medical Airmen move wounded warriors, provide closure Usually when a wounded Airman, Soldier, Sailor or Marine or Airman leaves the combat theater, they leave on a stretcher, surrounded by the beeps and hum of machines reading and reporting vital signs. Sometimes they are conscious, but all too often they are not -- suddenly waking in a hospital
March 12, 2013 CASF: Sustainment care until wheels up Being deployed makes things a bit more difficult and challenging than at home station. One of those challenges is the sustainment of healthcare from the battlefield to a treatment facility.To help ensure that transition is smooth, the 651st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Contingency
March 12, 2013 Two AF nurses heroes of 'Operation Babylift' No matter how far women were kept away from combat roles, they were never far from harm and the opportunity to rise above and beyond the call of duty.An explosion blew out a pressure door of a C-5A Galaxy as it took off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, April 4, 1975, forcing it to make an
Feb. 19, 2013 First Afghan Air Force C-208 CASEVAC a success In another historic step for the Afghan Air Force, an AAF Cessna 208 configured for battlefield casualty evacuation successfully transported a seriously injured solider and three minor casualties from Kandahar, Afghanistan to Kabul International Airport Feb. 11. The Afghan-tasked, planned and led
Feb. 6, 2013 Medical team achieves cutting-edge patient transfer Marking a first for military medical care in the United States, an Army and Air Force team successfully transported a critically ill woman on a form of heart-lung bypass from San Antonio Military Medical Center to New York City last month.This mission marked the military's first stateside transport
Jan. 31, 2013 Medical Airmen get global 'real world' training Flight technicians and flight nurses from around the globe come to the Aeromedical Evacuation Formal Training Unit (AEFTU) at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., to receive hands on training for medical evacuations. The school house has been open for two years and has already trained many medical technicians
Dec. 14, 2012 379th EAES shows off capabilities to CC The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, vice commander and command chief participated in a mock 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron engines running on-load mission during a unit visit Dec. 4.The 379th EAES provides intra- and intertheater aeromedical evacuation for service
Dec. 14, 2012 379th AEW MFST team ready to project medical support downrange Their motto is, "We cut, you live." They are light, lean and life-saving. The 379th Expeditionary Medical Group Multiple Field Surgical Team, a small and intensely trained team of combat medics, is ready at a moment's notice to save lives across the Central Command's area of responsibility.The
Dec. 14, 2012 AE mission soars through Pacific in KC-10 Crews and aircraft from several Air Force units arrived here from Travis AFB, Calif., Dec. 2, during one of three "proof of principle" missions evaluating the KC-10 Extender's capability to support combined cargo and aeromedical evacuation missions throughout the Pacific. The missions are part of an
Oct. 15, 2012 Around the world in 80 beats per minute Consistent quality is always a priority when it comes to medical care. Successful innovations and greater efficiency can send a hospital's credibility and patient reviews to new heights.And medical emergencies in the military community can be more complicated than a civilian emergency due to the
Sept. 11, 2012 Air Evac Airmen test capabilities on new airframe Airmen from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron tested their aeromedical evacuation capabilities on a new airframe here Sept. 3.The civilian Gulfstream III, or G3, provides the range and speed needed to reach different parts of Africa and Eurasia in a day, something the C-21 and some of the
Sept. 5, 2012 Inaugural MASF exercise tests joint-force aeromedical evacuation Airmen and Soldiers participated in an inaugural Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 28.During the exercise, the 374th Medical Group, 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 459th Airlift Squadron, teamed up with the Army Combat Support Hospital at Sagami