Aeromedical evacuation missions: behind the scenes
Members from the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare litters on a C-130 Hercules for a patient transfer during an aeromedical evacuation mission, July 20, 2013, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The EAES teams are needed to transport patients to medical facilities from remote deployed locations for additional treatment. Simpson, a native of Athens, Tenn., is deployed from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marleah Miller)