A 1-230th Aviation Regiment Soldier watches a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter descend into a field outside the Smoky Mountains during a training exercise with local emergency response partners in Townsend, Tennessee, August 19, 2026.
This MEDEVAC exercise or medical evacuation, focused on tactical aeromedical movements to validate medical competencies, field-care proficiencies and interagency patient handover procedures. The Tennessee National Guard annually utilizes training opportunities like these as they support both federal combat missions and wilderness search-and-rescue operations.
| Date Taken: | 08.19.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.25.2026 16:06 |
| Photo ID: | 9885913 |
| VIRIN: | 260819-Z-FR339-1003 |
| Resolution: | 6016x4016 |
| Size: | 2.22 MB |
| Location: | TOWNSEND, TENNESSEE, US |
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