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Rangers, Team Eglin react to downed aircraft exercise

Posted 10/26/2012   Updated 10/25/2012 Email story   Print story

    

10/26/2012 - Soldiers carry a simulated victim to the helicopter for medical evacuation during a downed aircraft exercise on the Eglin range, Oct. 20. The 6th Ranger Training Battalion, Team Eglin’s emergency responders and local medical facilities participated in the exercise that simulated a helicopter crash with 12 Soldiers injured deep within the Eglin range. The victims were either evacuated by helicopter or by ambulance to area hospitals. The annual exercise was to validate the battalion’s emergency procedures and test their communication with Team Eglin and local emergency and medical units. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)



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