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SG Newswire for Feb 2002

People from the 932nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron offload a simulated patient from a US Airways 767 at Scott AFB, Ill., during the Civil Reserve Air Fleet training mission in January.

People from the 932nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron offload a simulated patient from a US Airways 767 at Scott AFB, Ill., during the Civil Reserve Air Fleet training mission in January.  (Courtesy photo) 

CRAF exercise includes stops at six bases across the United States


"Nursing is fighting its own war on the home front ..." 

 -- Brig. Gen. Barbara Brannon, the Air Force's assistant surgeon general for nursing services.

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