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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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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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C-130 mainstay of medevac

Flight Nurse and Aeromedical Technician Course students care for a simulated patient during a simulated aeromedical evacuation mission aboard a C-130H mockup at the 711th Human Performance Wing’s U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 29, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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C-130 mainstay of medevac

Archive photo of the YC-130 Hercules during its maiden flight from Burbank to Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 23, 1954. The need for the C-130 came from the Air Force’s Tactical Air Command during 1951 to fill a void for medium-cargo tactical transport. The C-130 is still in production today, making it the longest running military aircraft production line in history. For much of its operational history, the C-130 and its variants have been a critical aeromedical evacuation platform for the U.S. Air Force, safely moving patients long distances and allowing AE crews to deliver care in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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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-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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C-141 Evac

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Airlift Squadron from Rhein-Main Air Base, load patients, who were victims of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, onto a C-141B Starlifter aircraft after an overnight stay at the Army Regional Medical Center at Landstuhl by Tech. Sgt. Gary Tomoyasu. (Courtesy of DOD)
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C-17s over Charleston

A U.S. Air Force C-17 from Joint Base Charleston banks over the Arthur J. Ravenel Bridge above downtown Charleston during a training mission, May 16, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV)
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C-47

Planes carrying wounded soldiers prepare to take off from a landing strip in France. Notice the black and white stripes on the wings, known as “D-Day Stripes.” They were painted on all tactical aircraft after June 6, 1944 to prevent friendly fire incidents.
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C-9A Nightingale Welcome

Capt. Debra A. Casalaspro, 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, welcomes patients aboard a C-9A Nightingale aircraft by SSgt Fernando Serna (DF-ST-87-06956)
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Cadet earns leadership award, scholarship to attend medical school

Cadet 1st Class Sirri Akaya poses outside Fairchild Hall, Jan. 31, 2022. She recently won the Black Engineer of the Year Award for Military Student Leadership. The U.S. Air Force Academy senior plans to attend medical school next year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Pacheco)
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Cadet earns leadership award, scholarship to attend medical school

Cadet 1st Class Sirri Akaya, winner of the Black Engineer of the Year Award for Military Student Leadership, examines a specimen in the biology lab at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Jan. 31, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Pacheco)
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Cadets learn about their Pathway to Blue

Aliyah Stewart, Alabama State University U.S. Air Force ROTC cadet, receives instructions on laparoscopic surgery procedures during Pathways to Blue at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., April 6, 2018. The two-day schedule included orientation sessions in science technology engineering and mathematics, operations, and support areas such as cyber, battlefield Airmen, medical, and aircrew flight operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre’ Askew)
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Cadet's resiliency helps in battle against cancer

Cadet 1st Class Parker Hammond spends time with his mother, Jennifer Hammond, at the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center in Colorado Springs. Hammond was diagnosed with cancer in 2018 but is slated to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy, May 30, 2019. (Courtesy photo)
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Caduceus Spear offers joint training opportunity for 97th, 82nd and 71st MDGs

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Robert Throne, 71st Medical Group (MDG) diagnostic and therapeutics flight chief, and Staff Sgt. Rebekah Clifford, 82nd MDG independent duty medical technician, perform first aid on a mannequin during the Caduceus Spear exercise on a C-17 Globemaster III from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 26, 2023. The team was tasked with giving life-saving medical care to patients throughout the flight from Clinton Sherman Airfield Park to the 97th Medical Group at Altus Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kari Degraffenreed)
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Can you see me now? Optometry taking care of Airmen

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. River Carson, 8th Medical Operations Squadron public health technician, stares through the slit lamp during his eye exam at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 24, 2017. The slit lamp uses an intense beam of light to show the eye in detail to check for abnormalities during eye checkups. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colville McFee/Released)
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Can you see me now? Optometry taking care of Airmen

U.S. Air Force Maj. See Vang, 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight commander, left, scans the eye of Staff Sgt. River Carson, 8th Medical Operations Squadron public health technician, using the slit lamp during his eye exam at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 24, 2017. The slit lamp uses an intense beam of light to show the eye in detail to check for abnormalities during eye checkups. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colville McFee/Released)
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Can you see me now? Optometry taking care of Airmen

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. River Carson, 8th Medical Operations Squadron public health technician, stares through the phoropter at a letter chart during his eye exam at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 24, 2017. The phoropter checks for refractive errors in the eyes and assists in eye glass prescriptions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colville McFee/Released)
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Can you see me now? Optometry taking care of Airmen

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. River Carson, 8th Medical Operations Squadron public health technician, left, stares at a letter chart as Maj. See Vang, 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight commander, changes lenses on the phoropter on his eyes at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 24, 2017. The phoropter checks for refractive errors in the eyes and assists in eye glass prescriptions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colville McFee/Released)
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Can you see me now? Optometry taking care of Airmen

U.S. Air Force Maj. See Vang, 51st Aerospace Medicine optometry flight commander, left, changes lenses on the phoropter while Staff Sgt. River Carson, 8th Medical Operations Squadron public health technician, stares at a letter chart on at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, March 24, 2017. The phoropter checks for refractive errors in the eyes and assists in eye glass prescriptions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colville McFee/Released)
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