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  • Medical personnel with the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron board a C-17 Globemaster III April 15, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

    Reserve Aeromedical Evacuation Medics Called to the Fight Against COVID-19

    Approximately 100 Air Force Reserve aeromedical evacuation specialists from across the country have been called up to help care for Americans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Airmen assigned to the 167th Medical Group, Martinsburg, West Virginia, secures a simulated patient during a casualty evacuation training for Sentry Storm 19 held July 20, 2019, at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport. Sentry Storm is a joint exercise held in southern West Virginia that offers military units real world training while providing domestic rapid response capabilities to support the World Scout Jamboree. (U.S. Air National Guard photo illustration by Master Sgt. De-Juan Haley)

    Guard and Reserve crucial to CCATT expansion

    CCATTs augment aeromedical evacuation crews that turn the back of an aircraft of opportunity into a flying intensive care unit. Made up of a three-person medical team, CCATTs provide advanced care, transporting severely injured or ill patients to higher levels of care. The Air Force is increasing the number of Critical Care Air Transport Teams to support future readiness requirements.
  • A U.S. Air Force C-17 from Joint Base Charleston banks over the Arthur J. Ravenel Bridge above downtown Charleston during a training mission, May 16, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV)

    C-17 Globemaster III: An aircraft as versatile as AE crews

    Larger, faster and flexible – a flying ICU. Since joining the U.S. Air Force fleet in 1993, the C-17 Globemaster III has significantly expanded aeromedical evacuation capabilities. In addition to its transport and other numerous mission sets, the C-17 converts to provide aeromedical evacuation to patients in a broad variety of conditions. The aircraft has played critical roles in various contingencies, bringing warfighters to higher levels of care, bringing patients home to the U.S., and aiding in humanitarian efforts to save the lives of those impacted by natural disasters.
  • A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft takes off from a landing strip in Panama during Operation JUST CAUSE (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond)

    From Just Cause to Iraqi Freedom: Nurse recounts time though three wars

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Carol Vermillion felt no fear while flying to Panama in December 1989 as part of Operation Just Cause, the first of three conflicts where she served as a nurse. “I was more excited and anxious,” recalled Vermillion, who retired as a colonel. “I felt more a part of the Air Force.”
  • Super Galaxy: AE’s biggest ally

    Super Galaxy: Aeromedical evacuation's biggest ally

    During a cold, gloomy first week of December, total force Airmen teamed-up at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to test the capability of the Air Force’s largest aircraft to perform aeromedical evacuation during a proof of concept event.
  • Patient simulators, which can blink, speak, bleed and allow students to monitor vital signs and administer drugs, are used for aeromedical evacuation training by active-duty, reserve and ANG Airmen, as well as, members of other services and partner nations, aboard C-17 and C-130 mockups during the Flight Nurse and Aeromedical Technician Course at the 711th Human Performance Wing's U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, Jan. 29, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

    The School of Air Evacuation to hold 75th anniversary in conjunction with USAFSAM’s centennial celebrations

    The School of Air Evacuation is celebrating their 75th anniversary August 2 and 3 at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.
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