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Tag: Volcán de Fuego

Local Air Force medical team supports Guatemala volcano relief efforts
June 19, 2018 — Volcán de Fuego (Spanish for "Volcano of Fire") erupted in Guatemala, near the village of San Miguel Los Lotes, on June 3, 2018, leaving more than 100 dead, 200 injured, and thousands displaced and in need of support. Air Force medical personnel and aircraft from many units are involved in relief efforts, offering medical care and aeromedical evacuation to people injured in the eruption... MORE

U.S. Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Hannah Gale, pediatrician, San Antonio Military Medical Center Burn Team, consoles a patient during an airlift aeromedical evacuation mission from Guatemala to Galveston, Texas, June 6, 2018. A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from the Mississippi Air National Guard's 172nd Airlift Wing transported six injured children and their guardians to Galveston, Texas, for medical treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children. A joint medical team from the Mississippi Air National Guard's 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, provided en route medical treatment during the flight.