The 435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility at Ramstein AB, Germany, recently supported the movement of its 30,000th patient since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003. The CASF provides care and support for patients flown into Germany from Iraq or Afghanistan, preparing them to leave for the US on evacuation flights or for transport to nearby Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.
The Air Force's new Aircraft Readiness Unit will maintain and provide Collaborative Combat Aircraft for operations, but won’t serve as a “schoolhouse” teaching fighter pilots how to manage these escort drones.