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A manikin representing a critical care patient is positioned in a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise on the flightline at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Service members assigned to the Air Force, Army and ANG used the manikin to hone their skills treating and transporting extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, patients in a series of scenarios designed to test and enhance their knowledge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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U.S. Airmen assigned to the 59th Medical Wing participate in a Vapor Trails medical training exercise aboard a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules en-route to Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Service members assigned to the Air Force, Army and ANG honed their skills treating and transporting simulated patients in a series of scenarios designed to test and enhance their knowledge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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A manikin representing a critical care patient is positioned in a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise on the flightline at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Service members assigned to the Air Force, Army and ANG used the manikin to hone their skills treating and transporting extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, patients in a series of scenarios designed to test and enhance their knowledge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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U.S. Airmen assigned to the 59th Medical Wing and Texas Air National Guard treat a simulated critical care patient during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise on the flightline at College Station, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Participants were assigned to the Air Force, ANG, Army, Texas A&M University and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services. The exercise tested the knowledge and skill of medical professionals while solidifying partnerships between military and civilian organizations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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Texas Air National Guard Lt. Col. Tanya Island, 147th Medical Group critical care air transport nurse, interacts with 59th Medical Wing Airmen while treating a simulated patient during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise on the flightline at College Station, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Participants were assigned to the Air Force, ANG, Army, Texas A&M University and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services. The exercise tested the knowledge and skill of medical professionals while solidifying partnerships between military and civilian organizations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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U.S. Air National Guard Senior Airman Rebekah Ridgell, 110th Medical Group respiratory therapist, checks on a simulated critical care patient aboard a Texas ANG C-130J Super Hercules en-route to Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Service members assigned to the Air Force, Army and ANG honed their skills treating and transporting simulated patients in a series of scenarios designed to test and enhance their knowledge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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U.S. Airmen and Soldiers work together to treat simulated critical care patients aboard a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules en-route to Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Medical professionals assigned to the Air Force, ANG and Army honed their skills treating and transporting simulated patients during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise. Their knowledge was tested and enhanced through a series of evaluated scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jennypher Rossi, 959th Surgical Operations Squadron perioperative services flight chief, is treated as a simulated patient aboard a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules en-route to Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Medical professionals assigned to the Air Force, ANG and Army honed their skills treating and transporting simulated patients during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise. Their knowledge was tested and enhanced through a series of evaluated scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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Simulated medication is administered to a manikin, representing a critical care patient, aboard a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise on the flightline at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Service members assigned to the Air Force, Army and ANG used the manikin to hone their skills treating and transporting extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, patients in a series of scenarios designed to test and enhance their knowledge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jennypher Rossi, 959th Surgical Operations Squadron perioperative services flight chief, is treated as a simulated patient aboard a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules en-route to Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Aug. 22, 2024. Medical professionals assigned to the Air Force, ANG and Army honed their skills treating and transporting simulated patients during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise. Their knowledge was tested and enhanced through a series of evaluated scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kathryn R.C. Reaves)

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Vapor Trails: Preparing for disaster

Published Sept. 10, 2024
By Kathryn R.C. Reaves
502nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-KELLY FIELD ANNEX, Texas --

Medical professionals assigned to the Air Force, Air National Guard and Army honed their skills treating and transporting simulated patients during a Vapor Trails medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2024.

Their knowledge was tested and enhanced through a series of evaluated scenarios.

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