Aeromedical Evacuation Training

Students and instructors from an aeromedical evacuation class at Pope Field, N.C ., check to see that equipment and simulated patients are secure for takeoff on a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J during an aeromedical evacuation class here April 26, 2014. Aircrew members from the 53rd WRS “Hurricane Hunters,” 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)