920th Aeromedial Staging Squadron
Wing medical personnel work to preserve and provide welfare to U.S. servicemembers worldwide. They are flight surgeons, medical technicians and administrative personnel who provide casualty staging and transportation for patients from a staging area onto a waiting aircraft. They evaluate and stabilize casualties on the runway an inflight. Others work at in-theater medical facilities, providing triage, emergency specialists and dentists. Aeromedical Airman may also work at stateside medical facilities, becoming part of an active duty hospital that offers support to Airmen in times of peace and war. (U.S. Air Force photo Tech. Sgt. Mike Means)