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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)
AirEvac in Southeast Asia and Beyond (1960s thru 1980s)
AirEvac in Korea
AirEvac/MedEvac in WWI and WWII
≫ Training allows others to follow in legendary flight nurse’s footsteps
≫ Legends of Flight Nurses of WWII
≫ Winged Angels: USAAF Flight Nurses in WWII
≫ Medical Air Evacuation in World War II
≫ Medevac From Luzon – World War II
≫ Medical Air Evacuation in World War II – The Flight Nurse
≫ Evacuation of the Sick and Wounded – World War I
≫ The Royal Army Medical Corps and Its Work – World War I