U.S. Air Force Capt. Janet Marisol Ramos (right), 59th Medical Wing respiratory therapist, monitors an incubator during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force medics assigned to the 59th Medical Wing treat a patient during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tauvare Hymes, 59th Medical Wing respiratory therapist, searches through a med kit during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130J in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nayelli Fuentes, 59th Medical Wing respiratory therapist, plugs in an incubator on a C-130J during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. Validated assessment program for operational readiness, the Vapor Trails mission, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kelley Sonnet, 59th Medical Wing neonatal fellow doctor, treats a baby in an incubator during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force 59th Medical Wing medic sets up a display monitor during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force medics assigned to the 59th Medical Wing, stabilize a patient’s head during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force and Army medics assigned to the 59th Medical Wing, treat patients on a Lockheed C-130J Hercules during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elfego Ponce, 59th Medical Wing Critical Care Air Transport Team nurse, communicates to the C-130 aircrew during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

U.S. Air Force medics assigned to the 59th Medical Wing, transport a simulated patient during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.