Aeromedical Evacuation Training

Second Lt. Ezekiel Varoz, a flight nurse with the 914th Aeromedical Evacutation Squadron, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., and 2nd Lt. Kristina Krtanjek, a flight nurse with the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, check to make sure a simulated patient is secured for takeoff on a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J during an aeromedical evacuation class at Pope Field, N.C., April 26. Aircrew members from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., participated in an aeromedical evacuation training exercise April 26-27 at Pope Field designed to teach students how to handle medical situations that might arise while transporting patients to their destination. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Labadens)