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Aeromedical evacuation

U.S. Air Force aeromedical staging flight personnel transport wounded service members from a C-17 Globemaster III onto buses to be transported to the ASF at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, May 15, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Crane)

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Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War

The C-9A Nightingale, the first plane designed for aeromedical evacuation, became part of the Air Force inventory in August 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War

An HH-53 Huskie, a specialized helicopter designed for search and rescue, of the 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron as seen from the gunner's position, in Vietnam, October 1972. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken Hackman)

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Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War

Pararescuemen do a "fast rope" from a hovering HH-53, used extensively during the Vietnam War for rescue of combat personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dave Nolan)

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Final approach

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston makes its final approach to Rinas Airport in Albania during operation SHINING HOPE, April 23, 1999. Medical Airmen provided humanitarian support for ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing Kosovo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cesar Rodriguez)

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The Cadillac of medevac

The C-9A, which was in use between 1968 and 2003, was the only aircraft specifically designed for the movement of litter and ambulatory patients. The specialized capabilities, such as isolation areas and electrical systems to support medical devices, made it easier and safer to transport critical patients. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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McConnell, teams up for aeromedical evacuation training

Members from the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 22nd Medical Group practice patient care on a flight in a KC-46A Pegasus during Exercise Lethal Pride March 29, 2023, over Kansas. Lethal Pride was a five-day exercise testing the 22nd Air Refueling Wing’s ability to launch, communicate with and recover aircraft in a contested environment with degraded communications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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McConnell, teams up for aeromedical evacuation training

Members from the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 22nd Medical Group practice litter carries with patients during Exercise Lethal Pride March 29, 2023, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Lethal Pride was a five-day exercise testing the 22nd Air Refueling Wing’s ability to launch, communicate with and recover aircraft in a contested environment with degraded communications. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)

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After the battle: The flying ICU

Members of the of the U.S. Air Force 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assist patients on a C-17 Globemaster III medical transport flight out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013. With help from the critical care air transport team, the crew can turn a C-17 into a flying intensive care unit to move injured or ill service members by air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Willis)

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