Help has arrived

Sgt. 1st Class Brain Thomas, of the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, runs back to the simulated victims as a medical evacuation helicopter arrives during a downed aircraft exercise on the Eglin range, Oct. 20. The 6 RTB, 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 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.)

AFMC commander speaks at armament symposium

Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, the Air Force Materiel Command commander, speaks to an audience of industry and government personnel at the Air Armament Symposium in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Oct. 16. Wolfenbarger spoke about the state of her command and Eglin’s role within it at the 38th annual two-day symposium. Speakers from joint services and Air Force major commands shared the common thread of working together in a changing acquisition world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Car extrication demonstration

Staff Sgt. Todd Lawrence and Justin Heinen, Eglin Air Force Base firefighters, slowly remove a simulated victim from his vehicle during their car extrication demonstration at the Base Exchange Oct. 12. The firefighters demonstrated how quickly they can open up a car to free a trapped victim of an accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Car extrication demonstration

Michael Barrow, a firefighter with the 96th Civil Engineer Group, uses a cutting tool to remove the roof of a car during a car extrication demonstration at the Eglin’s Base Exchange Oct. 12. The firefighters demonstrated how quickly they can open up a car to free a trapped victim of an accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Car extrication demonstration

Staff Sgt. Todd Lawrence, a firefighter with the 96th Civil Engineer Group, uses a prying tool to open up the doors of a car during a car extrication demonstration at the Eglin’s Base Exchange Oct. 12. The firefighters demonstrated how quickly they can open up a car to free a trapped victim of an accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Car extrication demonstration

Airman 1st Class Joshua Wilson, a firefighter with the 96th Civil Engineer Group, cuts out the windshield of a car during a car extrication demonstration at the Eglin’s Base Exchange Oct. 12. The firefighters demonstrated how quickly they can open up a car to free a trapped victim of an accident. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)