Photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso | 59th Medical Wing | 08.18.2019
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......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso | 59th Medical Wing | 08.18.2019
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......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso | 59th Medical Wing | 08.18.2019
Capt. Natasha Cardinal, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron critical care nurse, monitors her patient during a flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18, 2019. Critical care air transport teams are rapidly deployable teams consisting of a physician, critical care nurse and a respiratory therapist who provide a mobile intensive care unit for complex, critically......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso | 59th Medical Wing | 08.18.2019
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.......
Photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Mancuso | 59th Medical Wing | 08.18.2019
A member of the 313th Expeditionary Operational support Squadron from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, prepares equipment for a patient aboard a C-17 Globemaster III as they await takeoff from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2019. AE Airmen must be able to depart at a moment's notice in order to coordinate and provide medical support for service members being transported. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Master Sgt. Scott Sturkol | Air Mobility Command | 08.20.2010
Erin C. Conaton, Under Secretary of the Air Force, and Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, talk with an Airman from AMC's C-130 Tactics Training Detachment 5 at St. Josephs, Mo., about preparing a C-130 for airdrop missions during Secretary Conaton's visit to Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on Aug. 20....
Courtesy Photo | Air Mobility Command | 08.19.2010
Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin C. Conaton speaks with Capt. David Myrick, from the 14th Airlift Squadron, onboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., over Virginia, Aug. 19. Conaton was given several demonstrations on the capabilities of the C-17 during her flight such as precision air drop and aeromedical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt.......
Courtesy Photo | Air Mobility Command | 08.19.2010
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft flight crew from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., greets Under Secretary of the Air Force Ms. Erin C. Conaton at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Aug. 19. Conaton was given several demonstrations on the capabilities of the C-17 during her flight such as precision air drop and aeromedical evacuation. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)...
