ANG, Reserve evac units co-train

KEESLER AFB, Miss. - Aeromedical evacuation teams see more than their fair share of battle injuries. Reservists from the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and Mississippi Air National Guardsmen from the 183rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Jackson collaborated for a three-day training event to work as one team, focused on patient care and handling, during a simulated air evacuation of injured service members. “By working with the 36th AES we were able to put together training for two different airframes,” said Tech Sgt. Jarrett Lyle, 183rd AES aeromedical technician. “We were able to train on each other’s routine airframes.” In this case, the 36th AES were able to train aboard the C-17 Globemaster III, while the members of the 183rd AES got the opportunity to train on the C-130J Super Hercules. All aeromedical evacuation crews are required to be qualified on universal airframes, such as the C-130J Hercules, C17 and KC-135 Stratotanker, but they don’t always get the chance to practice how to configure different aircraft other than the ones at their respective units. Configuring aircraft was not the only training that was accomplished. The two aeromedical evacuation units set up an aeromedical evacuation operations team, which is the ground crew/mission support for an actual evacuation mission. The training missions were set up as start-to-finish missions; receiving patient information, setting up an aeromedical evacuation crew and then getting the patient to their final destination, which for this event was the same location. (Source: 403rd Wing 07/28/20) https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2289329/reserve-guard-train-for-aeromedical-evacuation-operations/