Senior Airman Arlinda Haliti, a medic with the 559th Medical Group En-Route Patient Staging System team, looks on as the 59th Medical Wing’s Acute Lung Rescue Team preps a patient for transport at Kelly Airfield, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. The patient, a Navy Sailor, was flown onboard a C-130J Super Hercules from the Navy Medical Center in San Diego to San Antonio for treatment at the San Antonio Military Medical Center in nearby JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. The Acute Lung Rescue Team medics tended to the patient for the duration of the flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

Members of the 59th Medical Wing’s En-Route Patient Staging System, emergency medical services and Acute Lung Rescue Team transport a patient from a C-130J Super Hercules to an ambulance at Kelly Airfield, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. The teams each played an integral part in safely moving the patient, a Navy Sailor, from the Navy Medical Center in San Diego to the San Antonio Military Medical Center at nearby Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, for care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

Senior Airman Dominick Espinoza, a 559th Medical Group En-Route Patient Staging System team medic, assists the 59th Medical Wing’s Acute Lung Rescue Team as they tend to a patient at Kelly Airfield, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. The patient was flown aboard a C-130J Super Hercules from the Navy Medical Center in San Diego to San Antonio for treatment at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

Maj. JK House, 959th Medical Group clinical nurse, tends to a patient onboard an ambulance at Kelly Airfield, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. House is part of the 59th Medical Wing’s Acute Lung Rescue Team, which is comprised of medics with extensive training of aeromedical evacuation techniques. The team transported the patient, a Navy Sailor, from the Navy Medical Center in San Diego to San Antonio for care at the San Antonio Military Medical Center on nearby Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

Members of the 59th Medical Wing Acute Lung Rescue Team transport a patient inside the San Antonio Military Medical Center at nearby Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. The 59th MDW’s Acute Lung Rescue Team is comprised of medics with extensive training of aeromedical evacuation techniques. The team’s mission is to ensure patients are safely transported to a higher echelon of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)

Members of the 59th Medical Wing Acute Lung Rescue Team transport a patient inside the San Antonio Military Medical Center on nearby Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Oct. 15, 2016. The 59th MDW’s Acute Lung Rescue Team is comprised of medics with extensive training of aeromedical evacuation techniques. The team’s mission is to ensure patients are safely transported to a higher echelon of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerilyn Quintanilla)