AE teams keep patients moving

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Margaret “Maggie” Mathewes, center, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron AE technician deployed from the Air Force Reserve’s 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina , Tech. Sgt. Russell “Rusty” McLamb, left, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron AE technician deployed from the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 156th AES, and Capt. Derek Martindale, right, 455th EAES flight nurse deployed from the 315th AES, go over a crew brief with U.S. Air Force Capt. Mychol Alexander, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prior to loading patients onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2015. The 455th EAES Airmen are charged with the responsibility of evacuating the sick and wounded from Central Command to higher echelons of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Tony Wickman/Released)