(left) Second Lt. Kiley Gerritsen, 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care air transport team member, (middle) Army Spc. Scott Hillman, 159th RGSAB flight medic, Fort Knox, and (right) Staff Sgt. Trey Naber, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron AE technician, carry a litter from a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on a Fort Campbell, Kentucky flightline during exercise Operation Merciful Valkyrie, Sept. 13, than 180 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing and members of the 5th Battalion, 159th Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, Fort Knox, Kentucky, participat
(left) Second Lt. Kiley Gerritsen, 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron critical care air transport team member, (middle) Army Spc. Scott Hillman, 159th RGSAB flight medic, Fort Knox, and (right) Staff Sgt. Trey Naber, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron AE technician, carry a litter from a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on a Fort Campbell, Kentucky flightline during exercise Operation Merciful Valkyrie, Sept. 13, than 180 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing and members of the 5th Battalion, 159th Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, Fort Knox, Kentucky, participated in the aeromedical patient movement exercise, Sept. 11-14, 2022. Four C-17 Globemaster IIIs conducted eight launches a day, three days in a row, for a total of 24 launches roundtrip from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The exercise focused on transporting patients from an austere environment (Fort Campbell) and bringing them to a more secure location (Wright-Patterson AFB) while providing en route medical care.
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