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230406-F-BT522-0427

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Valenzuela, left, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical technician, directs U.S. Air Force critical care air transport teams back to the aircraft to offload mannequin patients at the Cincinnati Municipal Airport, April 6, 2023. The CCATTs trained with the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on trauma and critical care aboard an aircraft as part of the Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. A U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft with the Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing out of Louisville, Kentucky, provided the backdrop for training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master. Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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230406-F-BT522-0269

U.S. Air Force critical care air transport teams care for patients onboard a U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft with the Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing out of Louisville, Kentucky, in the skies above Ohio and Kentucky, April 6, 2023. The CCATTs trained with the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on trauma and critical care aboard an aircraft as part of the Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The C-STARS program is a 14-day course at UC that trains 12 to 15 Air Force medical professionals each class with 14 classes held annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master. Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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230406-F-BT522-0151

A U.S. Air Force critical care air transport team carries a mannequin patient onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft with the Air National Guard’s123rd Airlift Wing out of Louisville, Kentucky, at the Cincinnati Municipal Airport, April 6, 2023. The CCATTs trained with the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on trauma and critical care aboard an aircraft as part of the Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The C-STARS program is a 14-day course at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center that trains 12 to 15 Air Force medical professionals each class with 14 classes held annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master. Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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230406-F-BT522-0025

U.S. Air Force critical care air transport teams assess mannequin patients as part of the Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, April 6, 2023. The C-STARS program is a 14-day course at UC that trains 12 to 15 Air Force medical professionals each class with 14 classes held annually. During this training, CCATT members trained with the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on trauma and critical care aboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master. Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)
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18th Air Force Command Chief visits Travis

Chief Master Sgt. Chad Bickley, right, 18th Air Force command chief, observes a 60th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team load a medical simulator mannequin onto a C-17 Globemaster III during an Aeromedical Evacuation demonstration at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 1, 2023. The Air Force Aeromedical Evacuation System is designed to provide time sensitive, mission critical care to patients while between medical treatment facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heide Couch)
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Kadena’s CCATT – one of a kind

The 18th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team provides medical care to a patient during a flight aimed at getting the patient to a higher echelon of care. The team sees many different medical scenarios and averages about 60 missions per year. (Courtesy photo)
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167th’s new critical care team ready to fly

Airmen assigned to the 167th Medical Group, Martinsburg, West Virginia, secures a simulated patient during a casualty evacuation training for Sentry Storm 19 held July 20, 2019, at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport. Sentry Storm is a joint exercise held in southern West Virginia that offers military units real world training while providing domestic rapid response capabilities to support the World Scout Jamboree. (U.S. Air National Guard photo illustration by Master Sgt. De-Juan Haley)
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190818-F-QB902-229

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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180518-F-SK304-2166

Critical care air transport teams and aeromedical evacuation teams provide medical care and attention to patients onboard a C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., after leaving Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 18, 2018. The C-17 was configured by an AE aircrew to provide aerial transport of patients throughout the Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)
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150606-F-KZ812-350

During an engine-running offload, a litter-carry team moves a simulated critically ill patient out of a C-130J Super Hercules to a waiting ambulance bus during 349th Air Mobility Wing Air Force Specialty Code training June 6, 2015, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. In preparation for the training, the 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron transformed the four-engine tactical transport into a flying hospital. In turn, the CCATT teams from the 60th Surgical Operations Squadron and the 349th Aeromedical Staging Squadron established onboard what was essentially a portable intensive care unit dedicated to one very ill, simulated, "patient." The C-130 was from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Robert Couse-Baker/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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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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