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Urgent care in the air

Hickam Airmen work alongside Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California, and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, to transport a patient onto a C-17 Globemaster III during an aeromedical evacuation mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 27, 2022. Airmen are prepared to administer life-saving medical care to patients while in the air flying to a medical center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Makensie Cooper)
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Urgent care in the air

Airmen assigned to the 15th Medical Group, En Route Patient Staging Element load a patient onto a C-17 Globemaster III during an aeromedical evacuation mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 27, 2022. Airmen are prepared to administer life-saving medical care to patients while in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Makensie Cooper)
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Urgent care in the air

Hickam Airmen work alongside Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California, and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, during an aeromedical evacuation at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 27, 2022. Airmen from all three installations came together to provide time sensitive, mission critical en route care to patients during a flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Makensie Cooper)
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Airmen assigned to the 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron search for medical supplies to care for a simulated patient aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker, June 22. The Airmen completed their annual training, where they honed their skills in patient care at MacDill Air Force Base. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Kiara N. Spann)
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Maj. Devin Neal, a flight nurse assigned to the 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, checks on a simulated patient aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, June 17. The Airmen completed their annual training, where they honed their skills in patient care at MacDill Air Force Base. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Kiara N. Spann)
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles Sanchez, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron technician, cares for a simulated patient during an airborne training with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron over the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 14, 2021. All 18th AES Airmen are trained to evacuate, treat and transport wounded military and civilian personnel from dangerous areas to medical care facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessi Monte)
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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Shailey Dao, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, prepares medical equipment during an airborne training with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron over the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 14, 2021. The 18 AES trains multiple times a week to sharpen clinical skills and practice responding to various emergency medical and aircraft scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessi Monte)
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211014-F-PW483-0379

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ahryll Roberts, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse instructor, acts as a simulated patient during an airborne training with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron over the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 14, 2021. The 18 AES trains multiple times a week to sharpen clinical skills and practice responding to various emergency medical and aircraft scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessi Monte)
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Maj. Michael McReynolds, a flight nurse with the 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, speaks with crew members during an inflight medical exercise aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, June 18, 2021. The inflight training scenario was one of multiple simulated care missions completed during annual training for the 183rd AES and other members of the 172nd Airlift Wing in Puerto Rico. The training scenarios, which involve aeromedical crews and ground support personnel from the 183rd, aid in ensuring that the Airmen are prepared for real-world events. Aeromedical evacuation squadrons deploy anywhere air operations occur in support of the full range of military operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster response. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Reagan B. Lauritzen)
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Staff Sgt. Ronald Mills, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Training Squadron instructor, provides performance feedback to Senior Airman Ariel Kuhl, 932nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron technician-in-training during an Aeromedical Evacuation Initial Qualification course training mission on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Dec. 3, 2020. Upon graduation students will continue to one of the 31 AESs across the world to support global patient movement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jordan Castelan)
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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, Air Mobility Command command chief, right, and Tech. Sgt. Giacomo Zignago, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron independent duty medical tech senior adviser, left, perform tactical combat care on a simulated patient during a tour of the global readiness deployment center at Travis Air Force Base, California, Sept. 1, 2020. Kruzelnick became the command chief for AMC in August. (U.S. Air Force photo by Nicholas Pilch)
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U.S. and Bulgarian Air Force aeromedical evacuation teams practice lifting and transporting a litter during Thracian Summer 2020 at Plovdiv Airport, Bulgaria, Aug. 13, 2020. Each movement made when carrying a patient begins with a preparatory command and a command of execution so the members carrying the litter can move as one cohesive team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Devin Nothstine)
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Steady and ready: C-130 mainstay of medevac

Red Cross equipment, supplies and transportable hospitals are stockpiled into C-130 Hercules aircraft at Kitzingen Air Base, Germany, September 1970. (Courtesy photo)
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Steady and ready: C-130 mainstay of medevac

An Air Force doctor from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, delivered a woman’s son during a mercy flight on March 17, 1965. The C-130’s crew, from the 5017th Operations Squadron, assisted in the delivery. (Courtesy photo)
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No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier

Service members wait in line to donate blood at Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan as part of a "walking blood bank" for a fellow service member being transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. A request for volunteers with a specific blood type was filled within minutes, providing fresh whole blood to sustain the patient during the 20-hour direct flight home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)
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No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, 59th Medical Wing trauma surgeon, and Lt. Col. Scott King, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron critical care air transport team physician, perform an ultrasound on a critically wounded service member during a flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. The service member suffered extensive wounds during combat operations that required constant monitoring over the duration of a 20-hour direct flight from Afghanistan to Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)
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No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, 59th Medical Wing trauma surgeon, performs an ultrasound to monitor a patient during a 20-hour direct flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. This unique aerial mission providing around-the-clock patient care was refueled twice in-air, supported by multiple pilots, aircrew and joint service teams of medics working in shifts to maintain the highest level of care possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)
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A critical care air transport team tends to a patient during a 20-hour direct flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. The service member was cared for by a joint service team of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation specialists, an aeromedical evacuation team as well as CCATT in order to maintain the highest level of care possible during transport. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso)
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Mother, baby flown safely after 7 months in ICU

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicole Leib and Maj. Mariana Lacuzong, 59th Medical Wing Critical Care Air Transport Team nurses, play with 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, during the five-hour flight from Dallas to San Diego, June 7, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katherine Spessa)
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AUAB power projection: Aeromedical Evacuation

Senior Airman Robert McCabe, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician (Left), and Capt. Aline Putnam, 379th EAES flight nurse, fasten a litter and medical equipment into place on a C-130 Hercules at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, before a recent aeromedical evacuation mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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