| Description |
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Summary |
"Explores the conceptualization of the initial attempts to use aircraft for evacuation, reviews its development and maturity through conflicts, and focuses on the history of the MEDEVAC post-Vietnam through Hurricane Katrina"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fulfilling a need : from Conception to combat -- An honorable heritage -- From Korea through Vietnam -- Domestic duties & contingency operations -- Quiet years, 1973-1980 -- New challenges : near and afar, 1981-1990 -- An angry decade -- Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1990-1991 -- Force reductions, 1992-1995 -- The Balkans, 1992-ongoing -- Into the millennium : new challenges, at home and abroad -- To 9/11, 2000-2001 -- Again, into battle, 2001-2003 -- Aviation transformation and domestic operations, 2003-2005 -- Warriors of compassion -- Appendices -- List of MEDEVAC units -- Typical history of an ARNG MEDEVAC unit -- MEDEVAc losses post-Vietnam era through Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
| Subject |
Helicopter ambulances -- United States -- History.
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United States. Army -- Transport of sick and wounded -- History.
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United States. Army. Medical Service Corps -- History.
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| Added Author |
Borden Institute (U.S.)
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| ISBN |
9780160879371 9780160880094 : $57.00 |
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016087937X $57.00 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0351-A |
| Sudoc No. |
D 104.2:H 62 |
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