Tag Archives: U.S. Air Force

The US Air Force Launches Satellite Into Orbit

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

An Atlas 5 launched from Florida has placed a new Air Force satellite into orbit.
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Operation Eagle Resolve

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

Eagle Resolve 2013 is a multi-lateral exercise that focuses on naval, land and air, designed to enhance regional cooperative defense efforts of the Gulf Cooperation Council and U.S. Central Command.
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Air Force Leaders Talk Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody talk about the importance of preventing sexual assault in the Air Force.
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Air Force pararescuemen extract a simulated casualty from a mock accident site during a mass casualty drill as part of Exercise Angel Thunder 2013 in the Grand Canyon, Ariz., April 13, 2013. Angel Thunder is a joint service, interagency and multinational combat search and rescue exercise designed to provide training for personnel recovery assets in a variety of scenarios that simulate deployment conditions and contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon/Released)

Worth A Thousand Words: Grand Canyon Rescue

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Air Force pararescuemen extract a simulated casualty from a mock accident site during a mass casualty drill as part of Exercise Angel Thunder 2013 in the Grand Canyon, Ariz., April 13, 2013.
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Photo: Members of the of the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assist patients on a C-17 Globemaster III medical transport flight out of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013. With help from the Critical Care Air Transport Team, the crew can turn a regular medical transport aircraft into a flying intensive care unit, making it possible to move severely injured or gravely ill servicemembers by air. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Willis

After The Battle: The Flying ICU

Posted on April 22, 2013 by bniegel

Three critically injured patients need immediate transfer. For 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team, this is go-time.
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