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aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alejandro Rojas, aeromedical service journeyman, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, guides Airmen carrying a simulated patient on a litter aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., March 17, 2014. Service members at JRTC 14-05 are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John R. Nimmo, Sr./RELEASED) 4th Combat Camera Squadron
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aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Basham, aeromedical service journeyman, 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., performs medical equipment operational checks aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., March 17, 2014. Service members at JRTC 14-05 are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John R. Nimmo, Sr./RELEASED) 4th Combat Camera Squadron
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aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Basham, aeromedical service journeyman, 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., secures a litter stanchion cross beam aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., March 17, 2014. Service members at JRTC 14-05 are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John R. Nimmo, Sr./RELEASED) 4th Combat Camera Squadron
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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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The Cadillac of medevac

The C-9A, which debuted in 1968, prepares for a mission at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The Aircraft was the U.S. Air Force’s designated aeromedical evacuation aircraft that was capable of transporting more patients than previous aircraft. It was able to carry up to 40 patients, either litter or ambulatory, and was fitted with hydraulic folding ramps to easily move litter patients on and off the aircraft. (U.S. Air force photo)
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Critical care: Aeromedical teams play vital role

First Lt. Eric Rodriguez, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron nurse, checks on a patient’s medical equipment during an evacuation flight to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, April 25, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon)
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Kentucky Air Guard supports Critical Care Air Transport Team course

.S. Air Force Airmen participating in a Critical Care Air Transport Team training course offload patient mannequins from a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, April 27, 2012. The Kentucky Air National Guard's 165th Airlift Squadron began providing C-130s to use as a CCATT training platform in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)
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Air Force Medicine during the Vietnam War

A hovering 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron HH-53 helicopter lowers a U.S. Air Force pararescueman during a rescue mission in Southeast Asia, June 1970. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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The evolution of aeromedical evacuation capabilities help deployed medicine take flight

A U.S. casualty of the Korean War arrives in Japan aboard a U.S. Air Force C-47, July 1950. The U.S. Air Force Military Air Transport System took over moving patients. These flights were staffed by trained Air Force AE crews to safely transport casualties. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Air Force Medicine in the Korean War

U.S. Airmen move a wounded patient during the Korean War. Speedy evacuation by air cut the casualty death rate by half since World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Air Force Medicine in the Korean War

U.S. Airmen load American and Allied casualties onto a U.S. Air Force C-54D at Taegu, Korea, 1951. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Air Force Medicine in the Korean War

The U.S. Air Force C-54 and the U.S. Air Force H-5 await their next aeromedical evacuation mission during the Korean War. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Air Force Medicine in the Korean War

A U.S. Air Force H-5 returns with a patient during the Korean War. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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375th ASF provides medical care for wounded warriors

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 Reserve strengthens a ready medical force

Then- U.S. Air Force Maj. Debora Lehker, a reserve critical care air transport team nurse, comforts a wounded Canadian army soldier aboard a C-130 Hercules during an emergency airlift from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2010. (Courtesy photo)
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The evolution of aeromedical evacuation capabilities help deployed medicine take flight

Flight nurse Lt. Mae Olson takes the name of a wounded American soldier being placed aboard a C-47 for air evacuation from Guadalcanal in 1943. Due to such factors as noise, vibration, and the risk of hypoxia, only very stable patients were able to be transported at this time. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Airmen unload evacuated patients at Lackland AFB, Texas

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 37th Training Wing and 59th Medical Wing unload hospital patients evacuating from Beaumont, Texas, September 12, 2008, in advance of Hurricane Ike making landfall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Willis)
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The evolution of aeromedical evacuation capabilities help deployed medicine take flight

Capt. Lisa Causey, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron second flight nurse, cares for a litter patient on board a C-130J , April 2, 2008. As an Air National Guard member deployed from the 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron in Jackson, Miss., she, along with four other medical specialists and a team of pilots and loadmasters, made a 15-hour flight to four cities in Iraq and one air base in the Middle East. They airlifted 19 patients, 16 of whom were ambulatory, to the Persian Gulf, where most of the patients were transferred to a C-17 headed for Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carolyn Viss)
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C-130s to the rescue

Col. Diane Fletcher speaks with a patient over the noise of an inflight C-130 Hercules Oct. 14, 2007 in Southwest Asia. Fletcher is deployed from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Olsen)
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The evolution of aeromedical evacuation capabilities help deployed medicine take flight

Master Sgt. Theresa Sheheen and Airman 1st Class Bryce Bisho, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation (AE) Flight medical technicians, prepare to receive a litter patient during an AE from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The adoption of Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT) and the use of converted cargo aircrafts made it possible to move more critical patients. (photo by Staff Sgt. Craig Seals)
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