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The Colombian civil defense team, firefighters and Peruvian Airmen load triage patients onto a Colombian UH-60 Blackhawk during exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 5, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Angel de los Andes is a search and rescue exercise hosted by Colombia involving 12 partner nations that will work together in a joint environment and focus on exercising search and rescue, aeromedical evacuation and casualty evacuation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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The Colombian civil defense team and firefighters prepare to lift a triage patient after a simulated aircraft crash during exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 5, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Airmen from Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the United States worked with Colombian firefighters and civil defense team to air evacuate more than 25 people during a simulated aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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A medic from the Brazilian Air Force provides aid to a triage patient during a simulation as part of the Angel de los Andes exercise Sept. 5, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Airmen from Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the United States worked with Colombian firefighters and civil defense team to air evacuate more than 25 people during a simulated aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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Triage patients wait to be air evacuated on a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, during a simulation as part of the multilateral exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 5, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Airmen from Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the United States worked with Colombian firefighters and civil defense team to air evacuate more than 25 people during a simulated aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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U.S. Air Force and Colombian Airmen work together to simulate providing aid to a triage patient on board a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, during exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 5, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Airmen from Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the United States worked with Colombian firefighters and civil defense team to air evacuate more than 25 people during a simulated aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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An Airman from the Colombian Air Force rappels from a Peruvian helicopter during exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 5, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Airmen from Colombia, Peru, Brazil and the United States worked with Colombian firefighters and civil defense team to air evacuate more than 25 people during a simulated aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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Airmen from the U.S. Air Force simulate offloading triage patients from a Colombian helicopter during exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 5, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Angel de los Andes is a search and rescue exercise hosted by Colombia involving 12 partner nations that will work together in a joint environment and focus on exercising search and rescue, aeromedical evacuation and casualty evacuation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

12 partner nations work together during exercise Angel de los Andes

Published Sept. 7, 2018
621st Contingency Response Wing Public Affairs

GERMAN OLANO AIR BASE, Colombia -- The Colombian civil defense team, firefighters and Peruvian Airmen load triage patients onto a Colombian UH-60 Blackhawk during exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 5, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Angel de los Andes is a search and rescue exercise hosted by Colombia involving 12 partner nations that will work together in a joint environment and focus on exercising search and rescue, aeromedical evacuation and casualty evacuation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)