medical transportation of active-duty military members, but in the past, AE also included a significant amount of transportation of military dependents requiring specialized care. Until recently, the U.S. Air Force had a number of specialized C-9 Nightingale aircraft dedicated to aeromedical evacuation. These aircraft have now been retired from service. Currently, aeromedical evacuation is used to transport injured from Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom, as well as to respond to humanitarian missions such as Hurricane Katrina. Units such as the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, located at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina provide tactical aeromedical evacuation for U.S. troops and regional Unified Commands using C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, and other opportune aircraft. AE flight nurses and medical technicians have the capability to fly patients on over six different aircraft. The primary aircraft used include the C-130, C-17, KC-135, and C-21. The medical crew is fully self-contained. They have their own oxygen and only need to plug into the aircraft's electrical system. Since October 2001, more than 48,000 US military servicemen have been aeromedically evacuated in support of the Global War on Terror for both battle and non-battle injuries. Current U.S. Air Force AE units Air Mobility Command 60th AES - Travis AFB, California (C-17) 375th AES - Scott AFB, Illinois (C-130) 775th EAEF - Andrews AFB, Maryland/Lackland AFB, Texas/Travis AFB, California (C-17, C-130, KC-135) United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa 10th EAEF - Ramstein Air Base, Germany (C-17) 86th AES - Ramstein Air Base, Germany (C-17, C-130) Pacific Air Forces 18th AES - Kadena Air Base, Japan (C-17, C-130, KC-135) Air Forces Central Command 379th EAES - Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (C-17, C-130) 386th EAEF - Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait (C-130) 405th EAES - Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan (C-17, C-130) 438th EAES - Kabul, Afghanistan (C-130) 485th EAES - Kuwait IAP, Kuwait (C-17, C-130) Air Force Reserve Command 34th AES - Peterson AFB, Colorado (C-130) 36th AES - Keesler AFB, Mississippi (C/WC-130) 45th AES - MacDill AFB, Florida (KC-135) 94th AES - Dobbins ARB, Georgia (C-130) 315th AES - Charleston AFB, South Carolina (C-17) 349th AES - Travis AFB, California (C-17) 433d AES - Lackland AFB, Texas (C-130) 439th AES - Westover ARB, Massachusetts (C-130) 445th AES - Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (C-17) 446th AES - McChord AFB, Washington (C-17) 452d AES - March ARB, California (C-17, KC-135) 459th AES -