Photo By Master Sgt. Travis Hill | Airmen with the Maine Air National Guard’s 101st Air Refueling Wing’s (101 ARW)...... read more read more
BANGOR, MAINE – On June 29, 2022, airmen with the Maine Air National Guard’s 101st Air Refueling Wing’s (101 ARW) Medical Group and soldiers with the Maine Army National Guard’s 126th Aviation Regiment participated in a joint casualty evacuation training exercise. U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker’s are well known for in-air refueling and it is also the aircraft flown by the 101 ARW.
However, an adaptive new training method pushed past typical operations to see what else the KC-135R has to offer.
“Today what we did was demonstrate that we could take a patient who had been evacuated by the Army via helicopter [UH-60 Black Hawk] and move them, and easily load them, into a KC-135R for a casualty evacuation using simple gear that is quick to set up, lightweight, and easy to use,” said Jonnathan Bosko, a civilian emergency physician and a technical rescue instructor assisting at the training. “Being multifunctional in terms of using aircraft is important and at times situations aren’t ideal and we need to be able to move patients in and out of equipment when we do not have normal support equipment.”
During the exercise both airman and soldiers successfully secured and hoisted a simulated casualty multiple times through a side cargo door of a 101 ARW KC-135R before completing a continuous run-through starting with casualty movement from a 126 th UH-60 Blackhawk to securing the casualty in the KC-135R aircraft. The complete movement took just over six minutes from start to finish. This system was all sourced off the shelf and is typically used by EMS and fire departments for its intended purposes of high-angle rescue. The system allowed for patient loading not requiring the use of any other access equipment, such as the portable stairs typically employed for KC-135 access.
“Certainly the system could be used to lift any materials into the KC-135R that are needed and is probably compatible with other air frames,” said Lt. Col. Howard Jones, the 101 ARW Medical Group Commander.
| Date Taken: | 06.29.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 08.22.2022 13:42 |
| Story ID: | 427525 |
| Location: | BANGOR, ME, MAINE, US |
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