WY Air National Guard members deploy in support of COVID Task Force West

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Nine members of the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron deployed on April 23 to Travis Air Force Base, California, as part of COVID Task Force West.

The airmen have been tasked to set up a new Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Team for the Air Force's COVID patient transport operations. Working in a makeshift office space at Travis Air Base, the Wyoming airmen are acting as the operations directors for advanced trained aeromedical evacuation crews.

"Specifically, the Wyoming team is tracking Department of Defense COVID patient movements, incoming...