Guatemala Army makes the transfer of wounded air as part of military drills

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May 22, 2025May 22, 2025By Mario Vásquez
Guatemala Army makes the transfer of wounded air as part of military drills

This Wednesday, May 21, the Guatemalan Air Force (FAG), in zone 13 of the capital, was the site to check the military capabilities for The transfer of patients from remote areas to receive medical care.

This as part of the third day of military drills that are being carried out in the country, through the Centam Guardian Exercise 2025which consists of training taught by the southern command of the United States to armies of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

Practice

For the drill this Wednesday, about 10 am Three aircraft departed from the FAG: A Caravan plane, a Bell 412 helicopter from the Guatemala army and a Black Hawk helicopter from the United States.

Vehicles They headed towards the third brigade located in Jutiapto, where the injured were concentrated, who had to be transferred to the capital after resulting in blows by an earthquake in the east of the country.

In the FAG the aircraft and members of the rescue humanitarian brigade landed They received the patients, who were admitted to ambulances and taken to a Hercules air force aircraft of the United States that in emergencies is used for patient transfer.

The transfer of wounded air began in the FAG and ended in the third brigade, in Jutiapa. (Free Press Photo: Byron Baiza)

The intention was to reduce the response time for the transfer of The injured in cases of emergency.

“This week It has been of evaluations of different drills. Today we are treating the drill of aeromedical evacuations, it is in the part of the drill that there was a disaster, An earthquake in the east of the country“said Ann Marie Argueta, spokesman for the Army of Guatemala.

The Centam Guardian program is a series of training taught by the South Command of the USA to armies from several countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica. (Free Press Photo: Byron Baiza)

“The injured concentrated on the Third Infantry Brigade in Jutiapa, the helicopters and the aircraft, both of fixed wing and of the rotary wing, They were here in the capital city, so they moved”, Said Argueta.

Closing

This Thursday will take place a joint demonstration of the practices that began last weekwith special forces, rescue of victims in collapsed structures, protocol in the face of hazardous substances, among other drills that will be carried out in Mariscal Zavala.

For this drill they were used Three aircraft: A Caravan plane, a Bell 412 helicopter from the Guatemala army and a Black Hawk helicopter from the United States. (Free Press Photo: Byron Baiza)

As well as next Friday, May 23, the closing ceremony will be held with the presence of authorities of the executive agency and the United States embassy in Guatemala.

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