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Staff Sgt. Brittany Wheat, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, prepares seating inside a C-130J Super Hercules during a training opportunity that measured the crew’s capabilities to handle in-flight scenarios March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The 86th AES is responsible for providing aeromedical evacuation for U.S. troops throughout U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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Staff Sgt. Jonathan Hernandez, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, runs through preflight checks inside a C-130J Super Hercules March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Loadmasters play a critical role in ensuring the safety of passengers and aircrew before and during a flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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Staff Sgt. Jonathan Hernandez, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, runs through preflight checks inside a C-130J Super Hercules March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Loadmasters play a critical role in ensuring the safety of passengers and aircrew before and during a flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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Flight nurses and aeromedical evacuation technicians with the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prepare a C-130J Super Hercules during a training opportunity that measured the crew’s capabilities to handle in-flight scenarios March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The 86th AES is responsible for providing aeromedical evacuation for U.S. troops throughout U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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Staff Sgt. Danika Fulham, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, reviews a checklist inside a C-130J Super Hercules during a training opportunity that measured the crew’s capabilities to handle in-flight scenarios March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The 86th AES is responsible for providing aeromedical evacuation for U.S. troops throughout U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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Capt. April Brown, 37th Airlift Squadron pilot instructor, and 1st Lt. Christopher Ansel, 40th AS co-pilot, land a C-130J Super Hercules during an 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron training opportunity March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Pilots with the 37th AS are responsible for flying Ramstein’s workhorse airframe and ensuring prompt and successful completion of every mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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Staff Sgt. Lindsay Rhodes, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, restrains Staff Sgt. David Meade, 86th Airlift Wing public affairs broadcaster, inside a C-130J Super Hercules during a training opportunity that measured the crew’s capabilities to handle in-flight scenarios March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Subduing, restraining and removing unruly and potentially dangerous passengers are a threat that 86th AES technicians have to be prepared for. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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Capt. Diego Torres, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse instructor, simulates an evacuation inside a C-130J Super Hercules during a training opportunity that measured the crew’s capabilities to handle in-flight scenarios March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Removing and relocating injured personnel to receive greater medical attention as quickly and effectively as possible is pertinent in saving lives. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)

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Published March 14, 2014
By Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Members of the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron conducted a training opportunity while flying over Germany in a C-130J Super Hercules belonging to the 37th Airlift Squadron March 6, 2014, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This training opportunity tested flight nurses and aeromedical evacuation technicians with varying scenarios that can be faced by aircrew during a mission. Challenges included a simulation to restrain a noncompliant and suicidal passenger as well as performing potentially lifesaving operations on lifelike training dummies. The 86th AES is responsible for providing aeromedical evacuation for U.S. troops throughout U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa's area of responsibility and operate in a multitude of air frames and conditions. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan)