THEBEPHATSWA AIR BASE, Botswana -- Airmen from the Air National Guard along with members of the Botswana defense force (BDF) worked together to kick-start MEDLITE 12 Aug. 6. MEDLITE 12 is a joint ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - The best compliment any medical provider can receive is when another medical ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (Dec. 18, 2014) -- Medical evacuation operations are very complex and dangerous for evacuation helicopters, crewmembers, and patients. MedEvac missions consist of retrieving the ...

MARIETTA, Ga. — In the back of a C-130 Hercules, a woman is giving birth. Like many other women, she is confused and nervous during the process, lashing out when a nurse touches her arm and anxiously ...

Aircraft manufacturer Textron Aviation has turned over the first of two aeromedical evacuation turboprops to the Peruvian air force (FAP), which has already put the aircraft into active use. The ...

A reserve aeromedical evacuation crew poses at the airport after saving a life on a commercial flight. (Air Force) A group of Air Force reservists were credited with saving the life of a man suspected ...

Worldwide, when the needs of injured or ill patients exceed what local clinics and hospitals can provide, urgent evacuation by air to the nearest well-equipped medical facility becomes the key to ...

Airmen from the 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and medics from the Royal Canadian Armed Forces receive quick response training in a de Havilland Canada CC-138 “Twin Otter” aircraft from the 440 ...

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany--It's warming up in the Middle East, and as the mercury rises, so does the intensity of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. And that means the number of seriously injured ...

FORT NOVOSEL, Ala. (WTVY) - Prioritizing the safety of our soldiers, that’s what Fort Novosel’s U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) works toward. Colonel Matthew Hoefer, the commander ...

Five members the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron were 45 minutes into their Japan Jetstar flight from Okinawa to Tokyo on Sept. 10 when a cabin attendant called over the public address system for ...

Airmen with the 313th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron transfer a COVID-19 patient aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The Negatively Pressurized Conex was first used July 1 to transport ...