RAF Mildenhall exercises first-response skills

From left, Airman 1st Class Grant Gipson, 100th Security Forces Squadron patrolman from Seattle, has his arm painted to look like it was injured by William Goodwin, simulation operator from Philadelphia, for an exercise April 29, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. The exercise required emergency personnel to respond to a scene involving seven casualties and one death. [(Editor’s note: This image is from an exercise and does not depict any real world event.)(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dillon Johnston/Released)]

RAF Mildenhall exercises first-response skills

A firefighter with the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron ventilates a simulated casualty during an exercise April 29, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. The “casualty” was unresponsive when found by firefighters after a “landing gear failure” of a KC-135 Stratotanker. [(Editor’s note: This image is from an exercise and does not depict any real world event.)(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Preston Webb/Released)]

RAF Mildenhall exercises first-response skills

William Goodwin, a contracted simulation operator from Philadelphia, applies cosmetics to an Airman 1st Class Constance Byrd, 100th Security Forces patrolman from Kansas City, Mo., for an exercise April 29, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. During the exercise, Byrd simulated a casualty who had a severely injured ankle due when a KC-135 malfunctioned while landing, causing it to “veer off-course” and an engine to “catch on fire.” [(Editor’s note: This image is from an exercise and does not depict any real world event.)(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Preston Webb/Released)]

RAF Mildenhall exercises first-response skills

William Goodwin, a contracted simulation operator from Philadelphia, applies cosmetics to an Airman’s forearm April 29, 2013, for an exercise on RAF Mildenhall, England. The Airman simulated a casualty who had an injured arm when KC-135 malfunctioned while landing, causing it to “veer off-course” and an engine to “catch on fire.” [(Editor’s note: This image is from an exercise and does not depict any real world event.)(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Preston Webb/Released)]

RAF Mildenhall exercises first-response skills

During an exercise, Service members on board a “crashed” KC-135 Stratotanker drag a “casualty” from the plane April 29, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. The exercise created a scenario in which KC-135 malfunctioned while landing, causing it to “veer off-course” and an engine to “catch on fire.” [(Editor’s note: This image is from an exercise and does not depict any real world event.)(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dillon Johnston/Released)]

RAF Mildenhall exercises first-response skills

1st Lt. Zachary Ziegler, 351st Air Refueling Squadron pilot from Asheboro, N.C., has moulage applied to his forehead to simulate a head injury for an exercise April 29, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Ziegler played the part of a crew member who smashed his head during a KC-135 Stratotanker “landing gear failure.” [(Editor’s note: This image is from an exercise and does not depict any real world event.)(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dillon Johnston/Released)]