DART: Dissimilar Aircraft Readiness Training

Lt. Col. Randy Miller and Tech. Sgt. Jill Peterson, both from the 446th AES, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., simulate being patients lying on litters in a C-130 Hercules aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Schester)

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DART: Dissimilar Aircraft Readiness Training

Staff Sgt. Sydney Reed (left), 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., listens to Lt. Col. Valerie Williams, a flight nurse from the 452nd AES, March ARB, point out instruments in the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III during egress training at the start of the DART at March ARB. DART is a quarterly exercise for Air Force Reserve Command aeromedical evacuation squadrons to provide the hands on training for the flight nurses and aeromedical technicians on aircraft they would not have regular access to at their home bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joeseph Araiza)

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DART: Dissimilar Aircraft Readiness Training

Published April 1, 2010
By 452 AMW
452 AMW

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIF. -- Dissimilar Aircraft Readiness Training, also known as DART, is a quarterly exercise for Air Force Reserve Command aeromedical evacuation squadrons. It provides hands-on training to flight nurses and aeromedical technicians on different aircraft than they have at their home bases.