Sentry Storm 2021 - Medevac training spans three different aircraft in one day

Credit: Staff Sgt. Timothy Sencindiver | Date Taken: 07/22/2021
The 167th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard simulate three medical evacuation missions, first with a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Nine, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, then on a C-130 H3 Hercules aircraft from the 118th Airlift Squadron of the 103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, and finally on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia during Sentry Storm 2021, Charleston, West Virginia, July 22, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Timothy Sencindiver) Sentry Storm is a joint training environment enabling Airmen and Soldiers to exercise their skills to prevail over near-peer competitors while applying Agile Combat Employment concepts. Training events will occur at Yeager Field, Camp Branch in Logan County, Shepherd Field in Martinsburg, W.Va., and the skies over West Virginia during the week-long exercise. Sentry Storm participants include Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Air Force Reserves, Navy, Air Force, and Civil Air Patrol units. Twenty-one aircraft to include C-130’s, C-17’s MH-60’s, A-10’s, Cessna 172, and UH-1N were employed for the training.