Ambulance, loaded and ready.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb.- Pat Udron and Matt Burkey, emergency medical technicians with American Medical Response, fill their ambulance with volunteers with simulated injuries as part of the Major Accident Response Exercise Aug. 15. Airmen with the 55th Medical Group along with medical professionals from the surrounding Omaha metro area take part in the MARE held annually prior to the "Defenders of Freedom" Open House and Air Show hosted here. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger

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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Emergency medical personnel carry simulated victims away from the accident site during the Major Accident Response Exercise at the Offutt Field House Aug. 15. The exercise consisted of a simulated plane crash and fuel leak, which caused a wide variety of simulated injuries to volunteer victims from all over the greater Omaha area. U.S. Air Force photo by Kendra Williams

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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb.- Volunteer victims from Offutt and the local community wait for medical treatment during the Major Accident Response Exercise at the Offutt Field House Aug. 15. The exercise consisted of a simulated plane crash and fuel leak, which caused a wide variety of simulated injuries to volunteer victims from all over the greater Omaha area. U.S. Air Force photo by Kendra Williams.

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Blackhawk "hot-loading"

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb.- Soldiers with the Nebraska National Guard load volunteers with simulated injuries into two UH-60 Blackhawk helicoptors on the flightline as part of a Major Accident Response Exercise Aug. 15. Airmen with the 55th Medical Group along with medical professionals from the surrounding Omaha metro area take part in the MARE held annually prior to the "Defenders of Freedom" Open House and Air Show hosted here. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger

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One more to fly out

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb.- Airman with the 55th Medical Group work in conjuntion with Soldiers from the Lincoln National Guard to load volunteers posing as severly injured civilians into an awaiting UH-60 Blackhawk helicoptor as part of a joint Major Accident Response Exercise Aug. 15. Airmen with the 55th Medical Group along with medical professionals from the surrounding Omaha metro area take part in the MARE held annually prior to the "Defenders of Freedom" Open House and Air Show hosted here. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger

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Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.-- Senior Airman Brittani Coons, 55th Dental Squadron, dresses a simulated wound for Mary Meredith, a volunteer victim, during the Major Accident Response Exercise at the Offutt Field House Aug. 15, Volunteers from all over the greater Omaha area helped Offutt test its ability to respond to a major accident. U.S. Air Force photo by Kendra Williams

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Painting on the wounds

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb.- Capt. Alice Tyndall, 55th Medical Group, applies makeup to simulate facial injuries to Robin Martin, an event volunteer, as part of the Major Accident Response Exercise 15 Aug. Airman with the 55th Medical Group along with medical professionals from the surrounding Omaha metro area took part in the MARE held annually to prepare for the 2009 "Defenders of Freedom" Open House and Air Show. U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger

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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb.- Volunteer victims from Offutt and the local community receive medical treatment during the Major Accident Response Exercise at the Offutt Field House Aug. 15. The exercise consisted of a simulated plane crash and fuel leak, which caused a wide variety of simulated injuries to volunteer victims from all over the greater Omaha area. U.S. Air Force photo by Kendra Williams.

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You're going to be all right!

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb.- Tech. Sgt. Richelle Moen, independant duty medical technician for the 1st Airborne Combat and Control Squadron, treats local volunteers with a wide array of simulated injuries while participating in a Major Accident Response Exercise in the Offutt Field House, Aug. 15. Airmen with the 55th Medical Group along with medical professionals from the surrounding Omaha metro area take part in the MARE held annually prior to the "Defenders of Freedom" Open House and Air Show hosted here. U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger

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Exercise tests emergency response capability

Published Aug. 17, 2009

Ambulance, loaded and ready.

Blackhawk "hot-loading"

One more to fly out

Painting on the wounds

You're going to be all right!