Senior Airman Hannah Rice, 94th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron technician, attaches a litter to a C-130H aircraft stanchion while training at the Aeromedical Formal Training Unit at Pope Field, N.C., on Mar. 7, 2014. The formal training unit is the final hurdle aeromedical evacuation crewmembers must clear before earning the ability to provide in-flight medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Peter R. Miller)

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Train today, save lives tomorrow

Published March 13, 2014
94th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Senior Airman Hannah Rice, 94th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron technician, is completing Aeromedical Evacuation Formal Training. The seven month training takes commissioned and enlisted aeromedical evacuation Airmen across the United States, from the classroom at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, to water survival school at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., and ends at the AEFTU at Pope Field, N.C. "The instructors teach one-on-one and are very personable," said Rice. "They make sure you understand what is going on. I look forward to helping people who can't help themselves. We are not free to help ourselves. We are free to help others."