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1825. Deployed medics rescue injured Chinese citizen OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Deployed medical crews recently joined forces to medically evacuate a seriously injured Chinese sailor to Singapore. Medical crews had to go out to sea to rescue the patient, a Chinese citizen working aboard a commercial vessel. The man was injured when a high-tension wire broke and tore through the top of his left foot. The incident nearly severed his toes and caused severe bleeding. Although the Navy normally coordinates rescues at sea, the service requested assistance from the Air Force's 349th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Tech. Sgt. Donna Broussard, an emergency medical technician, and Staff Sgt. Ren� Steinhauer, a paramedic and emergency room nurse, joined the Navy medical team and were taken to the scene aboard a civilian tugboat. British Royal Marine commandos provided security for the rescue. When the medical crew arrived aboard the ship, the sailor's bleeding was controlled, but he needed intravenous fluids and later required a blood infusion. The patient had to be lowered more than 60 feet in a litter to the boat waiting below. He was immediately transported to the 28th Expeditionary Medical Services tent on shore. Working in the EMEDS tent, surgeons amputated all of the toes on the patient's left foot in order to save his life. The team decided to move the patient to Singapore immediately. People from the 349th flight transported the patient to a waiting Navy P-3 Orion which flew him to Singapore. Although the rescue team comprised people wearing different uniforms, Steinhauer said the importance of saving lives was common to all. "The rescue was a shining example of teamwork in action," he said. "The unique combination of personnel from the United States and British forces and the Navy and Air Force medical crews made this mission a rescue to remember." 1827. NASA-bound B-52 makes pit stop at Tinker by Darren Heusel Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Public Affairs TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFPN) -- People from the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center here provide B-52 Stratofortress maintenance regularly, but one B-52 in the shop is being prepared for a "higher" calling. It is on its way to NASA to be used for space research. The B-52H, which replaces National Aeronautics and Space Administration's B-52B, entered programmed depot maintenance here in August and is expected to return to the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in March. The usual B-52 programmed depot maintenance cycle here is four years. "The aircraft is here to go through a normal PDM process," said Al Clark, the B-52 structural engineering branch chief here. "Prior to us accepting the aircraft on the PDM line, there were a number of items that were removed to essentially de-militarize the airplane. "We took off a lot of the classified boxes and other stuff that NASA doesn't necessarily need," he said. "That way, when NASA receives the airplane it's a good, viable airplane." NASA officials at Edwards have been seeking a replacement for the B-52B for some time and say the B-52H should provide an excellent launch platform in the future. Most air and space vehicles cannot reach space independently and need a little "lift" to help them reach altitude, said Matt Graham, NASA engineering operations. "The vehicles we're talking about are experimental vehicles primarily," Graham said. "These don't have a power source of their own, so we'll use the B-52H to carry them to launch altitude. "(This) B-52 has a unique mission," he said. "No other vehicle has the function of carrying these experimental vehicles to altitude and dropping them off." The B-52 provides a support service for the space vehicle in terms of power and instrumentation to monitor the vehicle while in space, Graham said. Loaning NASA researchers the aircraft and continuing to support them in the future will help the Air Force meet its goal of finding cost-effective and reliable ways of getting to and from space. The new air-launch aircraft will boost both NASA and Air Force efforts in researching and testing technologies for future space vehicles. Several other flight research possibilities await the "H" model, as well. The Office of the Secretary of Defense, NASA and the Air Force are partially funding a flight research instrumentation package to be installed on the aircraft, as well as other modifications. The aircraft will be delivered to NASA following PDM, new pylon construction, flight research instrumentation installation and aircraft envelope clearance flights. "The 'B' model has performed a myriad of projects over the years," Clark said. "Hopefully, the 'H' model will replace that. Right now, the B-52B is capable of carrying a heavier payload under the wing, so we'll have to make some modifications to the B-52H. Those modifications are currently in the planning stage." The aircraft will be on loan initially from Air Combat Command, but officials here say they are working on a plan to permanently transfer aircraft ownership to NASA. "The B-52B has been on loan to NASA for a number of years and the B-52H will likely be in the Air Force inventory for the foreseeable future," Clark said. (Courtesy of Air Force Materiel Command News Service) 1826. Training helps teams search for survivors by Lois Walsh Air Armament Center Public Affairs EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Pararescue teams around the world are better equipped to save people from confined spaces and structural collapse thanks to a new Air Force training course available only at Eglin. Troops from as far away as Kadena Air Base, Japan, are traveling here to add these skills to their warfighting arsenal. This specialized training has taken more than a year to plan, said Capt. Martin Clinton, 96th Civil Engineer Squadron special operations chief. He said the training resulted from lapses discovered in the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa, when pararescuemen found they were not equipped to find survivors in small spaces. To rectify the situation, the training provides for low surface, shallow recoveries in 6 to 8 feet of debris. As the first line of defense before heavy equipment is brought in, students also learn to use routine equipment like the Jaws of Life and bicycle pumps to move rubble with air bags and recover victim dummies. Anticipating the first class' needs, Clinton said experts here built a structural collapse simulator in the fire-training pit. "In the past, with a light kit of extrication equipment, the best you could do was to treat victims," Clinton said. "They (the pararescue team) came to us because firefighters go in and shore up buildings and that's what they needed to learn to do." Rocco Industries, which firefighters say they consider the industry leader for rescue training, is under contract to teach the course. The training serves well in any scenario from bombings to natural disasters, Clinton said. "A lot of people don't understand how overwhelming it can be when you can't recognize a street or a building," instructor Ishmael Antonio said. "Every step is an obstacle." "Confined space training costs up to $675 a course and three courses are required for technical training," Clinton said. (Courtesy of Air Force Materiel Command News Service) 1830. First American serves as honorary Japanese trainmaster by Susie H. McEuen 35th Services Squadron MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AFPN) -- Kristine Molin, a civilian from the 35th Services Squadron here, was recently named an honorary trainmaster for the city of Misawa's train station. During the annual national train week, Japan rail officials sponsor various festivals and activities, and selects citizens to serve as honorary trainmasters. Molin is the first American to be chosen for this tradition. Her duties consisted of greeting trains, conductor and passengers, completing paperwork, and, most importantly, keeping trains on time. "Being selected ... was an incredible experience for me," Molin said. "The entire Japan rail staff and customers treated me extremely well, and made me feel important and proud." As the leisure travel manager here, Molin has worked with Japan rail people for more than six years, preparing and coordinating base participation in Hirosaki cherry blossom festivals. Her longtime working relationship with Japan rail led to her selection. "I will be forever grateful to (Japan rail) for bestowing this great honor upon me," Molin said. "It has left me with memories that I will cherish forever." 1828. AAFES implements new overseas gas pricing policy DALLAS (AFPN) -- Beginning Dec. 21, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service will lift the freeze on gas prices overseas and implement a market-based fuel pricing policy. The price freeze has been in effect since May 24. AAFES officials continually monitor the relationship between services and prices outside bases and posts and those same services provided by exchange facilities, said Maj. Gen. C.J. Wax, AAFES commander. "The average price for a gallon of gas in (the continental United States) has dropped in the past few months and we want to pass along that savings to our overseas customers," Wax said. The new policy sets the price based on the U.S. Department of Energy's monthly average for each grade of gasoline in the CONUS, plus the unique incremental costs which AAFES incurs in each overseas market. Based on monthly review of CONUS averages, the selling price may change on the first of each month at locations in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Korea. Dispensing costs will be reviewed and updated annually. In Turkey, the Azores, Japan, and Okinawa, AAFES buys fuel under annual contract from the Defense Energy Supply Center. At these locations the price will be set once a year, using the annual DOE averages by grade. Dispensing costs will be reviewed and updated annually. At no time will AAFES set prices at the pump below cost, officials said. "We'll never be able to exactly match gas prices to stateside levels, though we can and will do better than we have in the past few months," said Lt. Gen. Michael E. 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