8 Jan 2020

U.S. Transportation Command manages the movement of America’s wounded warfighters from overseas to the final medical treatment destination stateside

As the Department of Defense’s single manager for global patient movement, U.S. Transportation Command conducts this lifesaving mission via the U.S. Air Force’s aeromedical evacuation system, which provides in-transit health care for America’s wounded warriors from the point of injury or illness to medical facilities with the level of care needed to properly treat their medical conditions.