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150509-F-LH521-150

U.S. Air Force Capt. Deann Hoelscher, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team physician deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., checks on a patient’s status during an aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 9, 2015. The 455th EAES’ CCATT is a three-person, highly specialized medical team consisting of a physician who specializes in an area of critical care or emergency medicine, a critical care nurse and a respiratory therapist. The CCATT is charged with providing critical care to the sick and wounded as they are moved thousands of miles onboard U.S. cargo aircraft to receive full-time care elsewhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman/Released)
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150508-F-LH521-206

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Natalie Hives, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team respiratory therapist deployed from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, California, relays her patient’s oxygen statistics prior to an aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 8, 2015. The 455th EAES’ CCATT is a three-person, highly specialized medical team consisting of a physician who specializes in an area of critical care or emergency medicine, a critical care nurse and a respiratory therapist. The CCATT is charged with providing critical care to the sick and wounded as they are moved thousands of miles onboard U.S. cargo aircraft to receive full-time care elsewhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman/Released)
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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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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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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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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

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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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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From Just Cause to Iraqi Freedom: Nurse recounts time though three wars

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft takes off from a landing strip in Panama during Operation JUST CAUSE (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond)
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From Just Cause to Iraqi Freedom: Nurse recounts time though three wars

In 2003, Col. Carol Vermillion (left) with reporter Diane Sawyer of ABC News, in front of an Army Combat Support Hospital in Kuwait. (Courtesy photo)
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C-130 mainstay of medevac

A hospital bus backs up to a C-130 Hercules aircraft to transport victims of the Pines Hotel fire to the regional medical center, Clark Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 23, 1984. (Courtesy photo)
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The 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron takes a lift on a C-130 Hercules

Members of the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare to load litters onto a C-130 Hercules assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 15, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
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C-130 over Haiti

A C-130 Hercules aircraft makes a final approach into Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010, part of the relief effort that delivered critical medical personnel and supplies after the area was hit by a 7.0 earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)
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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. The aircraft were flying to Jordan as part of Operation Fig Hill, providing disaster relief and medical support during civil strife. C-130 aircraft have always been able to navigate austere and, at times, hostile airfields to meet a wide variety of aeromedical evacuation missions. (Courtesy photo)
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Joint training bonds AE Airmen

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Belinda S. Son (right), 514th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, and Senior Airman Stephanie Lezcano, 45th AES aeromedical evacuation technician, strap down equipment on a C-17 Globemaster III prior to a joint training mission at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Oct. 5, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)
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Rapid Antarctic airlift saves lives

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III sits on the runway at McMurdo Station, the Antarctic. The 304th Expeditionary Air Squadron supported an emergency medical evacuation of two patients on August 25, 2018. (Courtesy photo)
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Exercise Ultimate Caduceus

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Adejoke Akodu, 60th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, treats a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2018 at Mather Airport, Sacramento, California, Aug. 23, 2018. Ultimate Caduceus 2018 is an annual patient movement exercise designed to test the ability of U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)
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Exercise Ultimate Caduceus

U.S. Airmen from the 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, California, transport a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2018 at Mather Airport, Sacramento, California, Aug. 23, 2018. Ultimate Caduceus 2018 is an annual patient movement exercise designed to test the ability of U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)
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Exercise Ultimate Caduceus

U.S. Air Force medical personnel load simulated patients onto an ambulance bus during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2018 at Travis Air Force Base, California, Aug. 22, 2018. Ultimate Caduceus 2018 is an annual patient movement exercise designed to test the ability of U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)
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