Posted on May 9, 2024
US Air Force Makes Long-Range Airlift From Carnival Cruise Ship
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Showing what the US Air Force is capable of, the 920th Rescue Wing (RQW) of the Air Force successfully executed a high-stakes medical evacuation from a cruise ship over 350 nautical miles off the eastern coast of the United States.
On May 4, 2024, the 920th Rescue Wing, Air Force Reserve Command’s only combat search and rescue wing, received an urgent request for assistance. A medical emergency onboard the cruise ship Carnival Venezia necessitated the patient to be taken off the ship and brought to shore to receive the type of care not available onboard.
On May 4, 2024, the 920th Rescue Wing, Air Force Reserve Command’s only combat search and rescue wing, received an urgent request for assistance. A medical emergency onboard the cruise ship Carnival Venezia necessitated the patient to be taken off the ship and brought to shore to receive the type of care not available onboard.
US Air Force Makes Long-Range Airlift From Carnival Cruise Ship
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That's my boys!!!!
SFC Bernard Walko Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Cpl Vic Burk MSgt James Parker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC David Brown SSG Paul Endes LTC Trent Klug
SFC Bernard Walko Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Cpl Vic Burk MSgt James Parker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC David Brown SSG Paul Endes LTC Trent Klug
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
CMSgt (Join to see) - Well, green feet appear all over the place when you trample on the guys that save your @$$. In Valdosta GA near Moody AFB there is a billboard that says Moody AFB home of the words greatest fighter pilots...one mile down the road the other one says Moody AFB home of XX Rescue Group, Rescuing and saving the worlds greatest fighter pilots!
SFC Bernard Walko Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Cpl Vic Burk MSgt James Parker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC David Brown SSG Paul Endes LTC Trent Klug
SFC Bernard Walko Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Cpl Vic Burk MSgt James Parker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC David Brown SSG Paul Endes LTC Trent Klug
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
CMSgt (Join to see) - That is so something I would do and on the cockpit glass no less!
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Back in the mid 80's, around 1987 if I remember correctly. A sea going tug 1100 miles off the California coast had a fire and several of the crew had been severely burned. An Air Guard CH53 was fitted with extended range tanks, flew to a Japanese freighter who had responded to the distress call, and the injured men were stabilized in flight. The carrier I was on diverted to meet the Stallion as they didn't have the fuel to make it back to land. The helicopter landed for refueling and went home. The injured were transferred to our sick bay for additional treatment. Once done, they were flown out by a C2 Greyhound to the mainland.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-26-mn-1596-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-26-mn-1596-story.html
4 Injured in Tug Fire 1,100 Miles Off S.F. Reach Hospital in Bay Area
Four crewmen injured in a fire on board an ocean tug arrived at a hospital ashore Saturday after their rescue by California Air National Guard paramedics who parachuted into the sea 1,100 miles west of San Francisco.
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