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  • USAF rescue aids in 'Golden Hour' recovery of coalition forces

    Racing against the clock, rescue flights launch into action to retrieve wounded servicemembers and other battlefield casualties. As the helicopters hover over a hostile area, the Guardian Angel team rushes out to retrieve the wounded - often risking their own lives "so that others may live." The

  • Flight engineers: Critical component to CSAR mission

    If the actions of a combat search and rescue crew were viewed as a symphony, flight engineers would be the conductors. They are experts on the aircraft's weapons systems, know how to operate the hoist, serve as radio operators and operate the .50-caliber machine gun. In many ways, it's man in

  • Airmen coordinate smooth transition of wounded to higher medical care

    An Airman with the aeromedical evacuation liaison team looks and shields his eyes as a helicopter touches down just outside of the hospital at Camp Bastion. A litter team rushes forward. A Marine's life is saved. All in a day's work for the aeromedical evacuation liaison team. Getting wounded

  • Aerial gunners provide cover for lifesaving mission

    Air Force Combat Search and Rescue crews fly throughout Afghanistan, providing airlift and medical care to servicemembers wounded on the battlefield. More often than not, this requires them to fly into and operate in extremely hostile and precarious situations and locations. Aerial gunners are

  • AMC commander visits AOR – highlights mobility’s role

    Like clockwork, an Air Mobility Command aircraft departs on a mission within the area-of-operations every two minutes every hour of every day. Providing the three cornerstones of the command's mobility mission - airlift, aerial refueling and aeromedical evacuation - AMC Airmen have provided constant

  • Iraqi air force, army deliver supplies to local communities

    With the help of many organizations back in the United States, the Iraqi Provincial Government received three pallets of humanitarian relief supplies, which they will distribute to the local populace here. "Helping people who are less fortunate is always a good thing whether in your home town or

  • Medics perform three-tier mission in Nangarhar

    The medics assigned to the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team boast a three-fold mission here. The medical team is responsible for running an aid station, providing combat support and helping with the ongoing reconstruction efforts in Nangarhar Province. And as a recent addition to their

  • Airmen take reins on Army cargo movement mission

    As the dust was still settling after one of the worst sand storms of the year here, a small group of Airmen from the 22nd Movement Control Team, which falls under 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and works day-to-day for the Army's 49th Transportation Battalion, were in the process