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Video by James Bowman
624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron participates in RIMPAC 2024 (B-Roll)
Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet
July 12, 2024 | 1:39
Eight Citizen Airmen from the 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron participated in a mass casualty drill during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 at Ford Island, Hawaii, on July 12, 2024. The 624th ASTS members responded to helicopters from the U.S. Army and Peruvian and Mexican partners to transport patients for training. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Air Force video by James Bowman)
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