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Patients receive medical care provided by Afghan National Army Air Corps medics on board a C-27 bound for Kabul April 24, 2010. (US Air Force photo by Capt. Cassandra Ayott/RELEASED).

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Air Corps Kabul Squadron Flies First Medical Evacuation Mission

Published April 27, 2010
By Capt. Robert Leese
NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan

KABUL, AFghanistan -- Kabul Air Wing's C-27 squadron conducted its first medical evacuation mission on April 24, 2010 flying from Mazar-e-Sharif to Kabul to support the Afghan Army's 209th Corps.

Three patients received care from the Air Corps' flight medics and after their arrival in Kabul were turned over to the National Military Hospital.

The Air Corps now flies weekly medical evacuation missions helping reduce the burden on coalition aircraft. Afghan missions help clear needed bed space in the regional hospitals. More aircraft and trained personnel are planned for the Kabul Air Wing.