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  • Air Force delivers last isolated containment chamber

    Almost two years after the Air Force developed and fielded the first Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) and NPC Lite (NPCL), the service delivered the final NPCL to Air Mobility Command, during a ceremony on March 1. 

  • NPC completes first operational patient movement

    Less than 100 days from an idea on a napkin to its first real-world, aeromedical evacuation, the Negatively Pressurized Conex completed its first operational mission July 1, moving 12 patients from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to receive higher level

  • NPC, NPC-L ready to save lives

    On June 24 the first Negatively Pressurized Conex ready for operational use touched down at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with 16 experts from Joint Base Charleston and three members of the program office team to stand on alert status and train additional Airmen on the NPC.