Air Force Airmen from multiple units, along with local entities such as the Department of Veterans Affairs St. Louis Healthcare System, the American Red Cross and several local hospitals, work together to perform air medical evacuation training with a C-130 Hercules during PATRIOT North 18 at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Ill., July 19, 2018. PATRIOT is an annual domestic operations training exercise sponsored by the National Guard that focuses on increasing the ability of local, state and federal organizations to coordinate and work together in response to a natural disaster

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Air Force Airmen from multiple units, along with local entities such as the Department of Veterans Affairs St. Louis Healthcare System, the American Red Cross and several local hospitals, work together to perform air medical evacuation training with a C-130 Hercules during PATRIOT North 18 at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, Ill., July 19, 2018. PATRIOT is an annual domestic operations training exercise sponsored by the National Guard that focuses on increasing the ability of local, state and federal organizations to coordinate and work together in response to a natural disaster or man-made emergency. ( Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Wendy Kuhn)

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