Military  Aeromedical Unit Gives Wounded a Fighting Chance

 
PHOTOS: Flying Hospital Staff Gives Wounded a Fighting Chance
10/07/09 - (Source: US Department of Defense - Click photos to enlarge.)

Airmen assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight transport patients from a C-130J Super Hercules to an ambulance during an aeromedical evacuation mission at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Senior Airman Libby See cares for a patient during an aeromedical evacuation mission to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Airman Libby is an aeromedical technician with the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Maj. Missy Steckler provides care to a patient during a flight to a location that can provide a higher level of medical care. Major Steckler is a flight nurse assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Master Sgt. Zachary Johnson cares for a patient during an aeromedical evacuation mission to transport patients from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Sergeant Johnson is a 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight aeromedical technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

An Airman from the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight holds the hand of a patient during an aeromedical evacuation mission to transport patients from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

Maj. Missy Steckler directs the transport of patients from an ambulance to the cargo bay of a C-130J Super Hercules at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Major Steckler is a flight nurse with the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

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