Story by Pfc. Makenna Tilton, 11th Airborne Division FORT GREELY, AK (Jan. 18, 2025) — In the frigid early morning on the Alaskan frontier, the Army 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and the 1-52nd General Support Aviation Battalion, Arctic Aviation Command, both of the 11th Airborne Division, conducted a medevac (medical Leer másArmy Arctic Angels UH-60 rehearse MEDEVAC operations in Alaska[…]
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard assisted Hawaii Life Flight with a non-maritime emergency medical service in the medevac of a patient from Kona, Hawaii. Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu (JRCC) watchstanders received a notification at 1 p.m. Wednesday from the Hawaii Department of Health, requesting a non-maritime emergency medical services (EMS) Leer másCoast Guard and Hawaii Life Flight medevac patient to Honolulu[…]
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducted a medevac for an ailing 62-year-old man from Midway Atoll. Sunday, November 17, 2024. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu (JRCC) watchstanders received a phone call from a U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer on Midway Atoll at 4 p.m. Saturday requesting a medevac Leer másCoast Guard HC-130 medevac ailing man from Midway Atoll[…]
Story by Eve Baker, Fort Wainwright FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew assigned to Charlie Company, 1-52 General Support Aviation Battalion, recently performed their third medevac in a month, this time of an injured driver near the remote community of Livengood. Early on August 2, the unit received notification from Leer másArmy UH-60 helicopter medevac an injured driver near Livengood[…]
Story by Master Sgt. Jamie Spaulding, 109th Airlift Wing STRATTON ANGB, NY — The New York Air National Guard’s 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, a part of the 109th Airlift Wing, was named the best in the Air National Guard for 2024. This is the second time the 139th has been named the best of the Air Leer másThe 139th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron wins top award[…]
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew medevac a 12-hour old baby girl from flood-impacted Cleveland, Texas. Friday, May 3, 2024. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a request at approximately 11:45 a.m. from Harris County Emergency Operations Center personnel stating a newborn baby was reportedly experiencing low oxygen levels at Texas Emergency Hospital, which Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 medevac 12-hour-old baby in Cleveland, Texas[…]
Story by David Bedard, 176th Wing JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft rescue three persons in two missions at remote locations across Alaska, April 4-5. The first mission began April 4 when Norton Sound Regional Hospital officials in Nome asked the Leer másAlaska Air National Guard HH-60G rescue 3 in 2 missions[…]
Story by Maj. John Stamm, 908th Airlift Wing As senior members of aeromedical evacuation teams, it’s the responsibility of U.S. Air Force Flight Nurses, Air Force specialty code 46NXF, to provide life-saving emergency and pre-hospital care to servicemembers up to 30 thousand feet in the sky. From planning a mission to disembarking the aircraft, flight Leer másUS Air Force Flight Nurses: Saving Lives Miles High[…]
Story by Josiah Moss, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia SANTA RITA, Guam — On March 6, 2024, a Navy MH-60S Knighthawk aircrew from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25) medevac a USCG member from the Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), 100 nautical miles south of Guam. The medical evacuation was performed in a joint operation Leer másA Navy HSC-25 aircrew medevac a USCG member near Guam[…]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, February 1, 2024 – A fisherman from San Diego is safely on land after his rescue by an HC-130J Combat King II aircrew from 129th Rescue Wing near Socorro Island. The fisherman experienced multiple seizures and lost consciousness at sea. The man was airlifted in medevac mission by the California Air National Leer más129th Rescue Wing HC-130J rescue fisherman near Socorro Island[…]