Aeromedical evacuation missions: behind the scenes
Senior Airman Christopher Rowland checks medical equipment on a C-130 Hercules before an aeromedical evacuation mission, July 19, 2013, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron transport patients to medical facilities from remote deployed locations for additional treatment. Rowland, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., is deployed from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okianwa, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marleah Miller)