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Flight Physician

  • Defense.gov
  • May 10, 2021 | 1:00

Air Force Maj. Shana Hirchert, a flight physician with the 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron, participates in exercise Gryphon Ox. During the exercise, her team retrieved a simulated casualty from a simulated plane crash in partnership with Pararescue. While aboard the CV-22 Osprey aircraft, she provided emergency care en route to a U.S. naval hospital in Okinawa, Japan.