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Photos by Staff Sgt. Leah Ritchey
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
May 7, 2021
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade team members lifts off after completing the Saber Guardian combat medical evacuation exercise along with a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. The joint force exercise is designed to augment a medical evacuation scenario.

 

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Popoff, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, sets up medical equipment to configure a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft as part of the Saber Guardian medical evacuation exercise on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. The exercise included the 86th AES, the 86 Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team, and the U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade working together to augment a medical evacuation scenario.

 

Team members participating in a Saber Guardian medical evacuation exercise prepare to board a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. The exercise included the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, the 86th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team, and the U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade working together to augment a medical evacuation scenario.

 

Team members work to configure a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to prepare for a medical evacuation scenario as part of the Saber Guardian exercise on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. Saber Guardian, part of Defender-Europe 21, is a joint task force exercise designed to augment a medical evacuation scenario.

 

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade team members lands on the flight line to prepare to “dust off” a simulation patient as part of the Saber Guardian medical evacuation exercise on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. A “dust off” is when crew members prepare to off-load a patient to be transported to another aircraft.

 

A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft taxis down the runway to meet a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to prepare for an engines running on-load of a simulated patient as part of the Saber Guardian medical evacuation exercise on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. The exercise included the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, the 86th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team, and the U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade working together to augment a medical evacuation scenario.

 

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Devon Bernal, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician configures a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to prepare for a medical evacuation exercise on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. The exercise included the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, the 86 Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team, and the U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade working together to augment a medical evacuation scenario.

 

Exercise players participating as patients for the Saber Guardian medical evacuation exercise wait to be loaded onto C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. The exercise included the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, the 86 Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team, and the U.S. Army 30th Medical Brigade working together to augment a medical evacuation scenario.

 

Team members participating in the Saber Guardian medical evacuation exercise transport a simulated patient from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on Ramstein Air Base, April 23. The joint force exercise is designed to augment a medical evacuation scenario.
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