By Tech. Sgt. Mike R. SmithNational Guard Bureau
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The Mississippi Air National Guard's 172nd Airlift Wing makes it look easy: how they fly aeromedical evacuation missions (aerovac) to the other side of the world, land in a combat zone, pick up the wounded and fly home - readily volunteering to do it over and over again.
Airmen from the 172nd were on such a mission March 2, looking rested and eager to get airborne from Andrews Air Force Base, Md. -- the first stop on their aerovac mission to Iraq and back.
It was one of a series that occur weekly for the 172nd, which transports patients from Balad Air Base, Iraq, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany and stateside.
(PHOTO: Senior Master Sgt. Robert Lundy from the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard monitors a loadmaster station on March 4 aboard a C-17 Globemaster III bound for Ramstein Air Base, Germany. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Smith.)
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