Saving servicemembers' lives one flight at a time

Capt. Chris Capozollo discusses the patient manifest with Army Specialist Renee Castillo June 5 at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, prior to transporting wounded servicemembers to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Captain Capozollo is chief nurse with the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight and is deployed from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing. Specialist Castillo is with the 396th Combat Support Hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Craig Seals)

Saving servicemembers' lives one flight at a time

Senior Airman Amber O'Neil prepares litter straps on a C-130 Hercules at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, June 5 prior to bringing patients onboard for an aeromedical evacuation flight. Airman O'Neil is a medical technician with the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight and is deployed from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Craig Seals)

Active duty associate squadron a first for Air Force

Col. John Gomez, left, passes the guidon to Lt. Col. Steven Hopkins while Master Sgt. Rick McKean observes during the 30th Airlift Squadron reactivation ceremony July 8 at the Wyoming Air National Guard base in Cheyenne. The 30th AS is the first active duty air mobility squadron to report to an Air National Guard wing. Colonel Gomez is the 463rd Airlift Group commander from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. Sergeant McKean is also from the 463rd. Colonel Hopkins is the 30th AS commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Spinner)