Air Force evacuates ABC News team to U.S.

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) -- Members of the 435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility transfer ABC anchorman Bob Woodruff to a C-17 Globemaster III here today. Mr. Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were injured in Iraq and had been treated for their injuries at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. The C-17 is from the Mississippi Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amaani Lyle)

Air Force evacuates ABC News team to U.S.

Published July 13, 2006
By Erin Zagursky
435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- An injured ABC News correspondent and cameraman were flown from here to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., today to receive additional medical treatment in the U.S.

Anchorman Bob Woodruff and cameraman, Doug Vogt, were injured in Iraq and treated for their injuries at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq, and later at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center near here.

Airmen from Ramstein's 435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility transferred the patients from Landstuhl to a C-17 Globemaster III before departure. The two men were among 30 patients on the aircraft, which is from the Mississippi Air National Guard.

Members of Ramstein's 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron provided in-transit care on the flight, said Lt. Col Stephen Hill, 86th AES.

The aircraft departed Ramstein AB at approximately 7:35 a.m. EST today.

(Senior Airman Amaani Lyle contributed to this article.)