Posted on 06/03/2003 12:32:50 AM PDT by LaDivaLoca
A piece of history
6/3/2003 - TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- Maj. Gen. John Becker (top), 15th Air Force commander, co-pilots a B-17 Flying Fortress at Nut Tree airport in Vacaville, Calif., after performing a flyover May 27. Chief Master Sgt. David Spector from 60th Air Mobility Wing here monitors the aircraft's movement. The B-17 was the first plane operated by Travis' 6th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Michele Tasista)
Alaskan adventure
6/2/2003 - ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AFPN) -- A Japanese air self-defense force F-15J takes off for a familiarization training mission here May 30. The Japanese are in Alaska for Cooperative Cope Thunder, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored air-combat training exercise set for June 5 to 20. Cope Thunder represents the first time the Japanese have deployed F-15 aircraft to North America for an exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown)
A Japanese air self-defense force C-130 taxis here after a long flight from Hokkaido, Japan. About 275 Japanese airmen are participating in Cooperative Cope Thunder, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored air-combat training exercise set for June 5 to 20.
Army Spc. Bill Rippentoe, a combat medic with 307th Logistics Task Force Force, holds an injured Afghan soldier's head to prevent further injury while 2nd Lt Bertis McMillan, a physician's assistant with 3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, examines the soldier's back and hips for other injuries. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Keith Kluwe
3rd Battalion, 319th Artillery Regiment physician's assistant 2nd Lt. Bertis McMillan intubates an Afghan soldier injured in a head-on motor vehicle accident while 1st Lt. Tom Daighnault, 307th Logistic Task Force PA, provides suction and Capt. Douglas Mcouat, 948th Forward Surgical Team, helps position the patient. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Keith A Kluwe
Afghan Soldier Killed, 14 Injured in Vehicle Accident
By U.S. Army Cpl. Keith A. Kluwe / 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — American troops were quick to help out when 14 Afghan soldiers were injured and one killed June 2 in a head-on motor vehicle collision on Highway 4 between Kandahar City and Spin Boldak.
Both trucks involved in the accident were transporting AMF soldiers, according to Capt. Mohmmad Ismal, an AMF unit commander who was also injured in the accident.
The injured were transported to the U.S. Army medical facility at Kandahar Air Field for treatment. The soldier that was killed in the accident was transported to Kandahar mortuary affairs.
“The mass casualty went very well, as far as mass casualties go,” said Capt. Jeff Reibenstein, Company C, 307th Logistics Task Force commander. “We were here, ready when they arrived, to do what we were trained to do.”
The injured Afghan soldier sustained contusions, fractures, lacerations and other blunt force trauma. The only difficulty with treating so many Afghan patients was the language barrier.
“Civil Affairs provided all the interpreters they had on base,” Reibenstein said, “so we were able to get past the language barrier.”
Two Afghan soldiers were to be further evacuated to the U.S. combat support hospital at Bagram Air Field, according to Spec. Martin Ortiz, the task force’s patient administration clerk.
One of the patients being flown to Bagram sustained a head and neck injury and a broken arm. The other has a closed head injury. Both were being moved because the treatment of their injuries required a higher level of care than was available at Kandahar.
Four other Afghan soldiers were admitted to the medical facility here, and eight were released.
Litter bearers from outside of the medical unit here were called to support the mass casualty. Combat medics and physician’s assistants from some of the line units, as well as medics from the National Guard engineering unit, also provided treatment.
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I much prefer to do this:
It's been raining again. Now this is my idea of a perfect day.
I read somewhere in FR that Keanu Reeves (hubba! hubba!) gave his stuntmen an easy-rider each. You wouldn't happen to be one now, would you? Man, I would love to be in his movie, even just as a wall flower. LOL!
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