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A three-member Air National Guard critical care air transport team, armed with hundreds of pounds of medical gear that transforms a military aircraft into a flying intensive-care unit, treats critically wounded and ill patients during a flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 29, 2011. Team members, from left, are Air Force Lt. Col. David Worley, Air Force Col. (Dr.) Charles Chappuis and Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Howard. DOD photo by Donna Miles

A three-member Air National Guard critical care air transport team, armed with hundreds of pounds of medical gear that transforms a military aircraft into a flying intensive-care unit, treats critically wounded and ill patients during a flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 29, 2011. Team members, from left, are Air Force Lt. Col. David Worley, Air Force Col. (Dr.) Charles Chappuis and Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Howard. DOD photo by Donna Miles

A three-member Air National Guard critical care air transport team, armed with hundreds of pounds of medical gear that transforms a military aircraft into a flying intensive-care unit, treats critically wounded and ill patients during a flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 29, 2011. Team members, from left, are Air Force Lt. Col. David Worley, Air Force Col. (Dr.) Charles Chappuis and Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Howard. DOD photo by Donna Miles

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