Rescue personnel, including Saline County Sheriff officers and local firefighters, transport a wounded Airman to a medical helicopter during an exercise called “Herc Down,” hosted by Detachment 1, Smoky Hill Weapons Range, Sept. 12.
A first responder guides a Salina-based Lifeteam helicopter onto a makeshift landing zone close to a C-130 crash site during a major accident response exercise hosted at Smoky Hill Weapons Range. The helicopter landed long enough to load a crash survivor, then transported him to a local medical facility.
Volunteer rescue personnel from several Saline County districts conduct a search and recovery mission and extract casualties around an airplane crash site during an exercise at Smoky Hill Weapons Range Sept. 12.
Saline County Emergency Management officials notified local fire and rescue districts that an Air Force plane crashed at Smoky Hill Weapons Range at approximately 8 a.m. Sept. 12. Several districts arrived on scene shortly after the call and found simulated plane parts scattered around the crash site. The flames were quickly extinguished.
