A five-man team assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group in Southwest Asia successfully turned an old storage room into supply space for durable medical equipment, creating a “patient movement item hub.” This hub—and the team’s new mission surrounding it—will ensure that much-needed supplies, such as litters, restraints, and backrests, can readily be moved to 38 bases throughout the theater. Airmen will continuously recycle items back through the new PMI hub so that wounded warriors receive the best care as quickly as possible. “This mission is extremely important because, not too long ago, there was no PMI hub in the whole [area of responsibility],” said SSgt. Taylor Ramos, 386th MDG PMI manager. “All PMI durables were coming from the states and the turnaround time was too long.” The team expects to handle around 50 to 100 orders each week. (386th AEW report by SrA. Rachelle Elsea)
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…