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  • Airmen from the 51st Medical Group advance the flightline to transport a soldier from Camp Zama, Japan during Operation Ascending Eagle, Aug. 28, 2019, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Air Force and Army medics jointly operated in the simulated large casualty training to enhance their aeromedical evacuation and patient transportation procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Nash)

    Air Force, Army medevacs 30 patients

    Chaos ensues on the flightline as 30 battered and bruised patients ail from injuries suffered during simulated wartime contingencies. Responsible for rapidly responding and stabilizing the situation, a special crew of U.S. Air Force and Army medical professionals rush to the scene with one objective: to safely care and transport Army soldiers onto a C-130J Super Hercules en route to a medical treatment facility at Yokoto Air Base. Utilizing Osan Air Base’s flightline for its patient staging capabilities, the 51st Medical Group and Fort Shafter, Hawaii’s 18th Medical Command jointly operated in Operation Ascending Eagle, Aug. 28, 2019, with their mission to enhance their rapid treatment of traumatized patients in a large casualty emergency.
  • U.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 Guard's 165th Airlift Squadron began providing C-130s to use as a CCATT training platform in 2009. Currently the C-130 is the primary tactical intra-theater aeromedical evacuation platform employed during contingencies and war. CCATT training on the C-130 gives Air Force doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists with total immersion in the care of severely injured patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

    Steady and ready: C-130 mainstay of medevac

    Since the Vietnam War, the C-130 Hercules has been a workhorse of aeromedical evacuation, and continues to serve as a reliable platform to move patients over long distances, allowing Airmen to provide critical care in the air, aid in disaster relief efforts, and bring warfighters home.
  • Airmen from the 8th Medical Group carry a simulated patient to a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 17, 2017. The purpose of the training was aimed to train medics on loading patients onto a helicopter for dust-off. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chelsea Sweatt)

    Airmen, Soldiers hone medical evacuation skills

    Airmen assigned to the 8th Medical Group participated in joint emergency medical evacuation training with Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion from Camp Humphreys May 17, 2017.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roxanne Lawrence, a 354th Medical Operations Squadron nurse technician, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, helps stabilize a simulated casualty while it is lifted up to a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during medical evacuation training Aug. 12, 2016, outside Hangar 6 at Ladd Army Airfield on Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The simulated causality had to travel 60 feet up to the helicopter during this part of the training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Isaac Johnson)

    Airmen, Soldiers train together for EMT Rodeo

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 354th Medical Operations Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, participate in joint training with U.S. Army Soldiers on Ladd Army Airfield at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Aug. 12, 2016.
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