Story by Staff Sgt. Manuel Zamora | 374th Airlift Wing | 07.22.2025
Airmen assigned to the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, joined forces with the 3rd Marine Division and the 165th Airlift Squadron from the Kentucky Air National Guard to conduct a simulated mass casualty training event, allowing participants to practice medical evacuation procedures across multiple Indo-Pacific locations, July 22, 2025....
Story by Airman 1st Class Catherine Daniel | 18th Wing | 01.14.2025
U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 18th Medical Group and 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron delivered life-saving care during a large-scale mass casualty exercise in support of a routine readiness exercise, Jan. 14, 2025....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Tarelle Walker | 15th Wing | 02.26.2024
The 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron recently expanded their mission capabilities by hosting a training event to integrate the use of a KC-46 Pegasus aircraft. The KC-46 is a relatively new aircraft designed to fill multiple roles such as refueling, transporting fuel for an extended range, moving cargo and aeromedical evacuation. Lt. Col. Janette Williford, Aeromedical Evacuation......
Story by Senior Airman Hannah Bean | 374th Airlift Wing | 07.28.2022
The 374th Medical Group held its first ever Japanese Nursing Student Immersion July 19-21 at Yokota Air Base. Instructors and second year nursing students from Japan’s National Defense Medical College were invited to train with their U.S. counterparts in an ongoing effort to showcase Yokota’s medical capabilities while bolstering partnerships with the future of Japan’s critical care......
Story by Airman 1st Class Kindra Stewart | 49th Wing | 03.25.2019
(Editor's Note: Staff Sgt. John-Paul Nance will become 2nd. Lt. John-Paul Nance on March 29, 2019.)
Story by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.20.2014
Corpsmen and airmen traversed through jungle environment during the Jungle Medicine Combat Course July 10-20 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves....
Story by Lance Cpl. Brittany A. James | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.20.2014
The sun is high in the sky, but the jungle is dark with shadows of thick vines and trees as corpsmen and airmen trudge down hills and through streams. Sweat runs down their brows as they navigate to the next meeting area with medical bags containing supplies needed to save their fellow service members from potential environmental threats....
Story by Senior Airman Maeson Elleman | 18th Wing | 06.02.2014
It's a less than ideal situation: Nurses and medical technicians secure themselves and their critical-condition patient as they feel the unwelcoming, earthquake-like shake of turbulence as their KC-135 Stratotanker avoids an unexpected storm. Intensive care is tricky enough in a stable room, but if it isn't done immediately, they could lose a patient, a daughter could lose a father, or a......
