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  • United States Air Force Maj. Anna Fedotova, 8th Medical Operation Squadron mental health flight chief, and a Republic of Korea Air Force medical airman work together to bandage a ROKAF airman’s head during a mass casualty exercise at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 19, 2017. U.S. and ROK airmen conducted the training to evaluate their ability to communicate and operate through a MASCAL situation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Colville McFee/Released)

    U.S., Korean Airmen strengthen medical skills during exercise

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 8th Medical Group and Republic of Korea Air Force medical airmen participated in a simulated multiple casualty exercise April 19.
  • Two C-17 Globemaster III's sit on a runway for an aeromedical evacuation at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 22, 2017. The two Globemaster III’s, one from March Air Force Base, California and the other from Travis Air Force Base, Arizona, were requested to transport two critical patients to separate locations, Tripler Army Medical Center at Honolulu, Hawaii and Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase)

    Joint AE mission enables patients to receive critical care

    Airmen, Soldiers and U.S. and Japanese civilian personnel from six different locations around the world teamed up to provide the largest aeromedical evacuation ever at Misawa Air Base, Japan, for two critical patients March 22.The Air Force AE system is a unique and significant part of the nation’s mobility resources. Its mission is to provide time
  • U.S. Army Capt. Gregory Lacy, 228th Combat Support Hospital urologist, center, assists U.S. Army Col. George Newton, 228th CSH general surgeon, right, while Spc. Marinel Armstead, 228th CSH surgical scrub technician, left, observes during MEDEX 16 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2016. During the medical exercise, Soldiers integrated with Airmen to train for responding to potential real world contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Araceli Alarcon)

    Joint MEDEX streamlines patient care

    U.S. Airmen with the 35th Medical Group, Misawa Air Base, Japan and Soldiers with the 228th Combat Support Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, completed a joint medical exercise Aug. 26.
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