Airmen shatter blood donation record.SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base adjacent to Wichita Falls, Texas. It is home of the 82d Training Wing and the 80th Flying Training Wing , home of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) Program. , Texas -- Airmen from the 82nd Training Wing shattered their own record recently by donating 1,341 units of blood in a single day. Last year, base donors set the state's single-day, single-site blood donation “Give blood” redirects here. For other uses, see Give blood (disambiguation). Blood donation is a process by which a blood donor voluntarily has blood drawn for storage in a blood bank, generally for subsequent use in a blood transfusion. record when they donated 1,151 units, earning the national "most first-time donors" award from the American Red Cross. One pint of blood, the amount one person donates, can save up to three lives, said event organizer Maj. Michael Dennison, 82nd Medical Group medical administrator. The blood collected by Operation Present Arms will help two organizations: the American Red Cross and the Armed Forces Blood Program at Lackland Air Force Base Lackland Air Force Base (lăk`lənd), U.S. military installation, c.6,835 acres (2,766 hectares), S Tex., W of San Antonio; est. 1941. It is a major air force training center. , Texas, Major Dennison said. The American Red Cross shipped its portion to Tulsa, Okla., for processing and future use throughout Oklahoma and Texas. Blood donated to the armed services program will be processed at Lackland for worldwide distribution. Carolyn Knothe 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs |
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