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Triage patients wait to be air evacuated on a Colombian Bell 212 helicopter during a simulation as part of the multilateral exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 6, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. The simulation focused on aeromedical evacuation and casualty evacuation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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Colombian firefighters put out a fire during a mass casualty earthquake simulation as part of the multilateral exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 6, 2018, at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. The first week of the exercise is focused on responding to natural disaster scenarios that include an earthquake response, a forest fire and an open water rescue, as well as responding to an aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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Colombian civil defense members aids a pregnant triage patient during a simulation as part of the multilateral exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 6, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. Angel de los Andes is a search and rescue exercise hosted by Colombia involving 12 partner nations working together in a multi-national environment and focuses 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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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen jump out of a Colombian Costa 295 aircraft during a multi-national jump with Colombian, Peruvian and Dominican special operations forces during exercise Angel de los Andes, Sept. 4, 2018. Angel de los Andes is a search and rescue exercise hosted by Colombia involving 12 partner nations working together in a multi-national environment and focuses on exercising search and rescue, aeromedical evacuation and casualty evacuation operations. (Courtesy Photo)

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Triage patients wait to be rescued during a mass casualty earthquake simulation as part of the multilateral exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 6, 2018, at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. The first week of the exercise is focused on responding to natural disaster scenarios that include an earthquake response, a forest fire and an open water rescue, as well as responding to an aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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A Colombian UH-60 Blackhawk lands during the multinational 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 working together in a multi-national environment and focuses 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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Airmen from the Colombian Air Force load triage patients onto a Colombian UH-60 Blackhawk during a mass casualty earthquake simulation as part of the multilateral exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 6, 2018, at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. The simulation focused on aeromedical evacuation and casualty evacuation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

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Colombian firefighters attempt to rescue a triage patient trapped in a vehicle during a mass casualty earthquake simulation as part of the multilateral exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 6, 2018, at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. The first week of the exercise is focused on responding to natural disaster scenarios that include an earthquake response, a forest fire and an open water rescue, as well as responding to an aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)

621st CRW participates in Angel de los Andes, Colombian led search and rescue exercise

Published Sept. 18, 2018
By Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks
621st Contingency Response Wing Public Affairs

GERMAN OLANO AIR BASE, Colombia -- Triage patients wait to be air evacuated on a Colombian Bell 212 helicopter during a simulation as part of the multilateral exercise Angel de los Andes Sept. 6, 2018 at German Olano Air Base, Colombia. The simulation focused on aeromedical evacuation and casualty evacuation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Hicks)