KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Rear Adm. Chad M. Cary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation's deputy director for operations and deputy director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and 10 congressional staffers involved with various environmentally-focused committees received a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission brief and toured a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the unit at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 23, 2022. The visit was one stop on the group's tour of relevant agencies across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 53rd WRS conducts operations year-round with data collection in tropical weather, winter storms, and atmospheric rivers impacting forecasts and research efforts from coast to coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Rear Adm. Chad M. Cary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation's deputy director for operations and deputy director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and 10 congressional staffers involved with various environmentally-focused committees received a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission brief and toured a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the unit at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 23, 2022. The visit was one stop on the group's tour of relevant agencies across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 53rd WRS conducts operations year-round with data collection in tropical weather, winter storms, and atmospheric rivers impacting forecasts and research efforts from coast to coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Rear Adm. Chad M. Cary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation's deputy director for operations and deputy director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and 10 congressional staffers involved with various environmentally-focused committees received a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission brief and toured a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the unit at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 23, 2022. The visit was one stop on the group's tour of relevant agencies across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 53rd WRS conducts operations year-round with data collection in tropical weather, winter storms, and atmospheric rivers impacting forecasts and research efforts from coast to coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Rear Adm. Chad M. Cary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation's deputy director for operations and deputy director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and 10 congressional staffers involved with various environmentally-focused committees received a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission brief and toured a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the unit at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 23, 2022. The visit was one stop on the group's tour of relevant agencies across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 53rd WRS conducts operations year-round with data collection in tropical weather, winter storms, and atmospheric rivers impacting forecasts and research efforts from coast to coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Rear Adm. Chad M. Cary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation's deputy director for operations and deputy director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and 10 congressional staffers involved with various environmentally-focused committees received a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission brief and toured a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the unit at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 23, 2022. The visit was one stop on the group's tour of relevant agencies across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 53rd WRS conducts operations year-round with data collection in tropical weather, winter storms, and atmospheric rivers impacting forecasts and research efforts from coast to coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Rear Adm. Chad M. Cary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation's deputy director for operations and deputy director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, and 10 congressional staffers involved with various environmentally-focused committees received a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron mission brief and toured a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the unit at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 23, 2022. The visit was one stop on the group's tour of relevant agencies across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 53rd WRS conducts operations year-round with data collection in tropical weather, winter storms, and atmospheric rivers impacting forecasts and research efforts from coast to coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands

Nurses from the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron check the electrocardiogram readout of a 'patient' during flight, while training on the newest Air Force air refueling tanker, the KC-46A Pegasus, flown by the 77th Air Refueling Squadron from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, August 16-19, 2022. Aeromedical personnel are required to train on all airframes with patient care transport capability. They must learn the patient loading and unloading, the setup of the litter stantions, to knowing where medical equipment plug ins are located, as well as the emergency evacuation procedures from the aircraft while on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands

Medical technicians from the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron practice keeping a sterile field while performing a procedure during flight while training on the newest Air Force air refueling tanker, the KC-46A Pegasus, flown by the 77th Air Refueling Squadron from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, August 16-19, 2022. Aeromedical personnel are required to train on all airframes with patient care transport capability. They must learn the patient loading and unloading, the setup of the litter stantions, to knowing where medical equipment plug ins are located, as well as the emergency evacuation procedures from the aircraft while on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands

Medical technicians from the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron practice keeping a sterile field while performing a procedure during flight while training on the newest Air Force air refueling tanker, the KC-46A Pegasus, flown by the 77th Air Refueling Squadron from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, August 16-19, 2022. Aeromedical personnel are required to train on all airframes with patient care transport capability. They must learn the patient loading and unloading, the setup of the litter stantions, to knowing where medical equipment plug ins are located, as well as the emergency evacuation procedures from the aircraft while on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands

Maj. Tandon Mardis, 77th Air Refueling Squadron pilot and aircraft commander, conducts the aircraft crew brief before take-off with members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from the 403rd Wing, who were training on the newest Air Force air refueling tanker, the KC-46A Pegasus, flown by the 77th ARS from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, August 16-19, 2022. Aeromedical personnel are required to train on all airframes with patient care transport capability. They must learn the patient loading and unloading, the setup of the litter stantions, to knowing where medical equipment plug ins are located, as well as the emergency evacuation procedures from the aircraft while on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands

Capt. Elizabeth Beaty, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, checks on the supplies and ensures the precheck of the medical equipment is completed prior to take-off during their training on the newest Air Force air refueling tanker, the KC-46A Pegasus, flown by the 77th Air Refueling Squadron from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, August 16-19, 2022. Aeromedical personnel are required to train on all airframes with patient care transport capability. They must learn the patient loading and unloading, the setup of the litter stantions, to knowing where medical equipment plug ins are located, as well as the emergency evacuation procedures from the aircraft while on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands

Staff Sgt. Anna Wicker, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical technical, removes the blood pressure cuff from "patient" Staff Sgt. Malik Pitts, 916th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics technician, after checking his vitals during training on the newest Air Force air refueling tanker, the KC-46A Pegasus, flown by the 77th Air Refueling Squadron from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, August 16-19, 2022. Aeromedical personnel are required to train on all airframes with patient care transport capability. They must learn the patient loading and unloading, the setup of the litter stantions, to knowing where medical equipment plug ins are located, as well as the emergency evacuation procedures from the aircraft while on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek) Share