A BRIEF HISTORY OF AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION FROM INCEPTION TO THE PRESENT DAY?

Throughout history, tried and true principles have governed battlefield medical intervention and extraction according to logistical and strategic necessity. The Army first used a converted Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" bi-plane during WWI.  With the advent of modern technology, the US Army's use of the helicopter in battlefield "Med Evac" revolutionized such principles and paved the way for what has become the sophisticated inter-service regional and global Aeromedical Evacuation system we have today.  Decades of innovation, forward thinking, and sacrifice have coalesced into a rich and varied history of Aeromedical Evacuation.  This collection of articles and videos relates a part of your unique story, and more will be added as they are discovered.  Please click on the headers below to view the articles and videos during each period of time. Enjoy...

AirEvac in the Middle East and Africa (1990s to today)

≫  New Patient Transport System Supports COVID-19 Fight

≫  Medics Train at Ramstein for COVID-19 Response

≫  Air Force Uses Cutting-Edge Isolation Pod to Evacuate COVID-19 Patients from Afghanistan

≫  Air Force evacuates coronavirus patients from Afghanistan in first use of isolation system

≫  Army Medevac Innovations:  WWII to the Present

≫ They Weren't Gonna Stop: Inside the 8000-Mile Race to Save a Wounded Soldier's Life

≫ Air Evac mission critical for patients in Afghanistan

≫ Airmen train for air evac (43rd AES)

≫ Air Force air evac crews adapt, train onboard mix of planes

≫ Air Mobility Command Aeromedical Evacuation

≫ CCAT Delivers Critical Care in the Air

≫ Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT)

≫ Aeromedical Evacuation

≫ Flying ambulances: Aeromedical evacuation

≫ Getting Them Home - Medical Evac (Afghanistan)

≫ "Evac-istan", USAF Medical Evacuation Mission (Afghanistan)

≫ Critical care in the air for wounded US troops

≫ United States Air Force Aeromedical Evacuation - A Critical Disaster Response Resource

≫ New Air Force concept for aeromedical evacuation to meet challenges in Africa

≫ The Flying Emergency Room

≫ Air Mobility Command Aeromedical Evacuation Teams ? January 2009 (Scott AFB, USA > Ramstein AB, Germany > US AB Balad, Iraq > Ramstein AB, Germany > Andrews AB, USA)

≫ Forward aeromedical evacuation: A brief history, lessons learned from the Global War on Terror, and the way forward for US policy

AirEvac in Southeast Asia and Beyond (1960s thru 1980s)

AirEvac in Korea

AirEvac/MedEvac in WWI and WWII