Aeromedical stays sharp by practicing above ground

A C-130 from the 910th Airlift Wing takes off from Scott Air Force Base with a reserve crew of 932nd Airlift Wing Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members. They worked together with ground crew several hours prior to take off, loading medical equipment and preparing to fly with "simulated patients" during a training flight, May 19-20, 2018 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The AES trained alongside fellow nurses and medical technicians on a multi day flight aboard the C-130 aircraft, visiting from the 910th Airlift Wing of Youngstown, Ohio. The 932nd Airlift Wing flies the C-40 plane (in foreground), and is a 22nd Air Force unit, under the Air Force Reserve Command, and is located at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Stan Paregien)

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Aeromedical stays sharp by practicing above ground

Published June 1, 2018
By Lt. Col. Stan Paregien
932nd Airlift Wing

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- A C-130 from the 910th Airlift Wing takes off from Scott Air Force Base with a reserve crew of 932nd Airlift Wing Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron members. They worked together with ground crew several hours prior to take off, loading medical equipment and preparing to fly with "simulated patients" during a training flight, May 19-20, 2018 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The AES trained alongside fellow nurses and medical technicians on a multi day flight aboard the C-130 aircraft, visiting from the 910th Airlift Wing of Youngstown, Ohio. The 932nd Airlift Wing flies the C-40 plane (in foreground), and is a 22nd Air Force unit, under the Air Force Reserve Command, and is located at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Stan Paregien)