Hurricane Katrina tested USAF medical disaster response like never before, according to Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. George Peach Taylor Jr. Speaking Monday at the AFA conference, Taylor said the roots of the Air Force’s disaster response were established after the terror attacks of four years ago. On the Katrina response, Taylor said, “There are some remarkable stories that are going to come out.” The New Orleans airport became the hub of a massive aeromedical evacuation effort, in which medical personnel had to separate triage patients from routine patients and critical care patients, who needed immediate evacuation. Taylor said, at the effort’s peak, two C-130s laden with patients were taking off every 90 minutes.
Airman 1st Class Marcus White-Allen concocted a story to cover up that he fired his M18 9mm pistol into Airman Braden Lovan’s chest, killing him on July 20, two Airmen from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., testified during separate courts martial proceedings on Oct. 30-31.
