REFORPAC 2025: US, JASDF medics conduct aeromedical evacuation training
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ferdrixshanley Palor, right, 18th Air Evacuation Squadron clinical quality technician, fastens litter straps onto a C-130J Super Hercules for a mass casualty exercise during Resolute Force Pacific 2025 near Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 23, 2025. The exercise scenario centered on a simulated mass casualty event resulting from an aircraft fuel tank explosion at Misawa Air Base. In response, the Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Team mobilized for airlift via a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron. Simultaneously, medics from the 35th Medical Group and Japan Air Self-Defense Force collaborated on-site to treat simulated casualties and prepare them for evacuation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler)