Air Guard Starts Providing Airborne Medical Care

Because of a growing work load among active-duty units, the Air National Guard has begun fielding teams of medical specialists to treat severely injured troops during flight, reports the Stars and Stripes.

One or more three-man critical care air transport teams (CCATT) from the Air Guard will be stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the next two years to care for patients as the travel from Germany to Joint Base Andrews, Md., and on to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in...