A C-9 Nightingale medevac team from the 86th Aeromedical Squadron and the 75th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, picks up three American soldiers. US Air Force Captain Ruth Kawano (left) directs a litter crew up the ramp of the C-9 during a training exercise. The Nightingale is the only aircraft in the inventory specifically designed to move litter and ambulatory patients. This photograph is from the article "No Soldiers of Fortune", AIRMAN Magazine, October 1999 issue