An aeromedical evacuation crew and military members load a patient onto a C-17 Globemaster III on its way to the United States to take patients to their next level of care Jan. 25 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jonathan Stock)Trying To Save Troops' Lives With Flying Hospital -- New York Times
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — A light rain fell on a runway in the early morning darkness as vans pulled up to what one officer calls the "Cadillac" of medical evacuation aircraft.
Dozens of service members began loading wounded comrades onto a huge C-17 military transport plane in a carefully choreographed process. As many as eight people carry a single patient, who often is connected to more than 100 pounds of advanced medical equipment.
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