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A US Air Force (USAF) C-9A Nightingale aircraft, 30th Airlift Squadron (AS), Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, takes off for the final time on it's way to the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The aircraft, which has served as the premiere medical evacuation aircraft for the Air Force for 35 years, was retired in July 2003. In 2002 the 30th AS flew 1,280 sorties with over 3,200 flying hours, airlifting more than 10,300 patients and passengers with this aircraft

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Jeff Mintzlaff (left), Commander, 30th Airlift Squadron (AS), Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, gives a farewell salute as his USAF C-9A Nightingale aircraft taxis out for the final time on Sunday. USAF LTC Minzlaff flew the last of his four airplanes to the"boneyard"at Davis Monthan, Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The C-9 served as the premiere medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) aircraft for the Air Force for 35 years was retired this year. In 2002, the 30th AS flew 1,280 sorties with over 3,200 flying hours, airlifting more than 10,300 patients and passengers

A US Air Force (USAF) C-9A Nightingale aircraft, 30th Airlift Squadron (AS), Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, takes off for the final time on it's way to the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The aircraft, which has served as the premiere medical evacuation aircraft for the Air Force for 35 years, was retired in July 2003. The 30th AS flew 1,280 sorties with over 3,200 flying hours, airlifting more than 10,300 patients and passengers with this type aircraft

With Mount Fuji in the background, US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Jeff Mintzlaff, Commander, 30th Airlift Squadron (AS), Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, conducts a pre-flight check on his USAF C-9A Nightingale aircraft for the final time this Sunday morning. The USAF C-9 served as the premiere medical evacuation aircraft for the Air Force for 35 years was retired in July 2003. LTC Minzlaff will fly the plane to the "boneyard" at Davis- Monthan, Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), for retirement. In 2002 the 30th AS flew 1,280 sorties with over 3,200 flying hours, airlifting more than 10,300 patients and passengers with this model of aircraft in the Pacific Region

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Samuel J. Dalton, Aeromedical Evacuation Technician, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), 375th Airlift Wing (AW), attends to his patient US Army Reserve (USAR) SPECIALIST (SPC) John J. Estrada, 270th Transportation Squadron, aboard an Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-9A Nightingale aircraft from Scott Air Force Base (AFB), Illinois (IL), during the Wings last scheduled C-9A Aeromedical Evacuation flight within the Continental United States (CONUS)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN Brandon McCormick (foreground), a F-15 Eagle aircraft Crew CHIEF assigned to the 18th Air Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 18th Wing (WG), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, provides assistance to his Pilot, USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LTC Jeff Gustafson, 44th Operations Officer, as the two wait for the aircraft to be towed into a harden aircraft shelter following an exercise sortie, during the Wing's weeklong Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Yakima Dargan, a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crew chief with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 56th Fighter Wing (FW) looks for cracks and leaks inside a panel on his aircraft during preflight inspection before a mission at Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The mission of the 56th FW is to train F-16 pilots and crew chiefs while providing agile combat support to aerospace expeditionary forces

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Jorge Cisneros, an Aeromedical Physician with the Critical Care Aeromedical Team, attached to the 791st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (EAES), performs a tracheotomy on a patient in critical condition during a Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) flight aboard a USAF C-141Starlifter aircraft, flying from Balad Air Base (AB,) Iraq to Ramstein AB, Germany. The 791st EAES provides a broad scope of in-flight Inter theater Aeromedical care by highly trained Crews and Critical Care Air Transport Teams

A US Air Force (USAF) 18th Fighter Wing (FW) F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft breaks away from a USAF Reserve (AFRES) 76th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), KC-10A Extender air refueling aircraft refueling boom after refueling while flying a training mission from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Allen Specht, 30th Airlift Squadron (AS), Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, walks toward his USAF C-9A Nightingale aircraft for the final time on this Sunday. The USAF C-9 served as the premiere medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) aircraft for the Air Force for 35 years was retired in July. The plane will go to the"boneyard"at Davis- Monthan, Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). In 2002 the 30th AS flew 1,280 sorties with over 3,200 flying hours, airlifting more than 10,300 patients and passengers with this model of aircraft in the Pacific Region

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Base: Yokota Air Base

Country: Japan (JPN)

Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, for an air drop during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

Straight on medium shot of US Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Elder, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, lands safely with his MC5 Freefall Square Parachute after completing a 9-thousand foot combat jump from a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft (Not shown) during Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

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