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86 AES concludes NPC-L training with proof-of-concept flight

Photos by Airman 1st Class John R. Wright
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
January 8, 2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 721st Aerial Port Squadron load a Negatively Pressurized Conex-Lite onto a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 18, 2020. The 86th AES used the NPC-L in a COVID-19 patient movement training that ended with a proof-of-concept flight. Throughout the training, Airmen were presented with various patient transfer scenarios and worked together to execute the mission both on-ground and in-flight.

 

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron inspect and prepare to set up the inside of a Negatively Pressurized Conex-Lite at Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 18, 2020. The NPC-L is a smaller version of the Negatively Pressurized Conex, an isolated containment chamber intended to transport individuals with infectious diseases like COVID-19. The 86th AES used the NPC-L in a COVID-19 patient movement training that ended with a proof-of-concept flight.

 

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron carry a simulated COVID-19 patient onto a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during a training at Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 15, 2020. The training included patient movement on a Negatively Pressurized Conex-Lite, an isolated containment chamber developed to fit on a C-130J.

 

U.S. Air Force Capt. Sean Brekke, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, left, and Staff Sgt. Hannah Clendening, 86th AES flight instructor, respond to a simulated COVID-19 patient movement training scenario at Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 18, 2020. The training included patient transport on a Negatively Pressurized Conex-Lite, an isolated containment chamber developed to fit on a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. Throughout the training, Airmen were presented with various patient transfer scenarios and worked together to execute the mission both on-ground and in-flight.

 

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brooke Tjulander, 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, checks for personal protective equipment breaches during a COVID-19 patient movement training at Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 18, 2020. An 86th AMDS bioenvironmental engineering team ensured all PPE and infectious disease guidelines were followed during each training scenario. The training included use of a Negatively Pressurized Conex-Lite for simulated COVID-19 patient movement and ended with a proof-of-concept flight.

 

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 86th Medical Group and 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron carry a simulated COVID-19 patient off of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 18, 2020. The simulated patient was transported within a Negatively Pressurized Conex-Lite aboard the aircraft during an 86th AES training. The NPC-L is a smaller version of the Negatively Pressurized Conex, an isolated containment chamber intended to transport individuals with infectious diseases like COVID-19.

 

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Hannah Clendening, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight instructor, poses for a photo during a COVID-19 patient movement training at Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 18, 2020. The training included use of a Negatively Pressurized Conex-Lite for simulated COVID-19 patient movement and ended with a proof-of-concept flight. The NPC-L can be used to transport up to nine ambulatory patients, four litter patients, or two critical care patients.
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