KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Colonel Adam Hohman is the Commander of the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Share

FORT MCCOY, Wis.

U.S. Airmen offload a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 815th Airlift Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, for aeromedical evacuation training during exercise Patriot Warrior at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 13, 2021. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Command's premier exercise providing Airmen an opportunity to train with joint and international partners in airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and mobility support. The exercise builds on capabilities for the future fight, increasing the readiness, lethality and agility of the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Corban Lundborg) Share

FORT MCCOY, Wis.

A U.S. Air Force maintainer inspects a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 403rd Wing's 815th Airlift Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, prior to aerial operations during exercise Patriot Warrior at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 13, 2021. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Command's premier exercise providing Airmen an opportunity to train with joint and international partners in airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and mobility support. The exercise builds on capabilities for the future fight, increasing the readiness, lethality and agility of the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Corban Lundborg) Share

FORT MCCOY, Wis.

First Lt. Jennifer Alvarez-Billinger, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical service corps officer with the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, takes part in aeromedical evacuation training during exercise Patriot Warrior at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, in August 2021. Patriot Warrior is Air Force Reserve Command's premier exercise providing Airmen an opportunity to train with joint and international partners in airlift, aeromedical evacuation, and mobility support. The exercise builds on capabilities for the future fight, increasing the readiness, lethality and agility of the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force Courtesy Photo) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Members of the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron participated in an escape room scenario to maintain their training requirements for medical technicians during the March Unit Training Assembly at Keesler Air Force Base. The medical technicians had to work together to "save the life" of their patient during the training before they could escape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Senior Airmen Erica Johnson and Katie Cunningham, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technicians, work together and practice starting an IV during the escape room scenario, which was used to maintain the training requirements for medical technicians during the March Unit Training Assembly at Keesler Air Force Base. The medical technicians had to work together to "save the life" of their patient during the training before they could escape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Col. Carl Spear is the commander 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron that provides home station medical readiness for 1,500 403rd Wing reservists and the wartime tasking to establish medical triage and staging anywhere in the world. He is also an optometrist with over 20 years of experience and is the senior vice president of Eye Care North America for Luxottica, an Italian eyewear company based in Milan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Col. Carl Spear is the commander 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron that provides home station medical readiness for 1,500 403rd Wing reservists and the wartime tasking to establish medical triage and staging anywhere in the world. He is also an optometrist with over 20 years of experience and is the senior vice president of Eye Care North America for Luxottica, an Italian eyewear company based in Milan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Col. Robert Stanton, 403rd Wing vice commander, passes the 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron guidon to new commander Col. Carl Spear, while Master Sgt. Deblair Tate, 403rd ASTS first sergeant, watches during an assumption of command ceremony for the 403rd ASTS Feb. 4, 2017 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.

Col. Carl Spear, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron commander, speaks during an assumption of command ceremony for the 403rd ASTS Feb. 4, 2017 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney) Share