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U.S. and partner nations participate in mass casualty exercise

Airman 1st Class Chris Drzazgowski

355th Fighter Wing public affairs

WINSLOW, Ariz. -- A mass casualty exercise involving multinational (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Chris Drzazgowski)
armed services took place in northern Arizona Friday for Angel Thun-
der 2015. German Air Force rescue personnel lead simulated patients off of a German Army CH-53GS
aircraft during an Angel Thunder 2015 mass casualty exercise at Winslow-Lindbergh Regional
A casualty collection point was setup in an aircraft hangar at Win- Airport, Ariz., June 5. U.S. military forces and partner nations worked together during the ex-
slow-Lindbergh Regional Airport where more than 50 simulated casual- ercise to transport patients from Camp Navajo Training Site to the casualty collection point
ties were transported from a simulated flood disaster site in Camp Na- located at the Winslow–Lindbergh Regional Airport.
vajo Training Site, Arizona.
flexible so we’re working together and getting it figured out. It’s been a
Upon arrival to the CCP in U.S. Army CH-47D Chinooks, German great experience.”
Air Force CH-53GS and U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk aircraft, ac-
tive duty personnel and students from the University of Arizona and For personnel from the Royal Danish Air Force, this was their last day
Northern Arizona University acted as patients to be triaged for injuries as participants in Angel Thunder 2015.
ranging from trauma-induced child labor to brain injuries.
“I think this is a good exercise,” said Flight Sergeant Henrik Gyorkos,
“We’ve got flight nurses and med techs helping run the exercise on the Royal Danish Air Force forward air evacuation medic. “It’s the first time
inside (the airport hangar),” said Capt. Leigh Miller, 187th Air Medical we have been over here, so it’s kind of a survey for us. But I hope for next
Evacuation Squadron flight nurse. “My role is to triage the most critical year we can bring our five forward air teams over and perhaps fly some
patients when they come in, assess their injuries and help determine more med evac because that is our primary job. So I hope we can come
who leaves on a plane first.” over again.”

Medical personnel worked diligently and cohesively to ensure the pa-
tients in the most critical condition received urgent and proper care.

“I think they were very professional,” said Ryan Gould, Northern Ari-
zona University Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet. “They
quickly assessed what was going on and got me out of there very fast. As
soon as I got (to the CCP), I felt like I was being taken care of the whole
time.”

This exercise provided many participants their first experience in
working with personnel from the U.S. and foreign nations, but they still
stayed team oriented.

“The positive of this exercise is we’re getting everyone out of their
comfort zones,” Miller said. “Everyone is doing something a little bit dif-
ferent than what they’re used to. We’re all learning. Everybody’s being

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