Philippines, US lead drills for mass casualty evacuation

Participants in the week-long Pacific Airlift Rally in Clark Air Base, led by Philippine and US teams, simulate airlift missions for casualties of a volcanic eruption. - INQUIRER

CLARK FREEPORT (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): More than 500 military personnel led by Philippine and US teams participated in drills simulating aerial evacuation in a mass casualty scenario in a former US air force base in Pampanga province.

Teams from the Philippine Air Force (PAF), United States Air Force (USAF) and contingents from other countries loaded people on stretchers into a USAF C-130 plane in a simulation of medevac during a volcanic eruption.