1611 AES(P) MISSION STATEMENTS FOR VARIOUS MEDICAL UNITS

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SUBJECT:  1611 AES(P) MISSION STATEMENTS FOR VARIOUS MEDICAL UNITS

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
1611 AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION SQUADRON (PROVISIONAL)
APO NEW YORK 09768

"MED-BASE AMERICA"


KING KAHLID MILITARY CITY (KKMC) IS A SAUDI ARABIAN
MILITARY INSTALLATION LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FIVE MILES
SOUTH OF THE IRAQI BORDER.  THE AIRFIELD AT KKMC WAS SELECTED
BY THE 1611 AES(P) TO BE THE SITE FOR ONE OF FIVE AEROMEDICAL
EVACUATION HUBS.  AN AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION HUB WAS DESIGNED 
TO PROVIDE STAGING FACILITIES FOR BOTH TACTICAL AND STRATIGIC
AIR EVACUATION MISSION, ALONG WITH AN AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION
CONTROL ELEMENT (AECE).  MED-BASE AMERICA WAS FORTUNATE TO BE 
CO-LOCATED WITH AN ARMY CLEARING PLATOON.  THE COMBINATION OF 
AIR FORCE AND ARMY ASSETS WERE THE FOOUNDATION FOR MED-BASE
AMERICA.  THE FOLLOWING IS A BREAKDOWN OF FACILITIES AND
THEIR MISSIONS AT MED-BASE AMERICA.

AEROVAC STAGING FACILITY (ASF):  OPERATED BY THE 34TH AND
36TH AEROMEDICAL PATIENT STAGING SQUADRONS.

MISSION:  TO SAFELY + EFFECTIVELY PREPARE PATIENTS FOR AIR
EVACUATION OUT OF THEATER TO USAFE ON STRATIGIC AIR EVACUATION
MISSIONS (c-141).  PATIENTS ARE ASSESSED, BRIEFED, AND CARED
FOR IN ANTICIPATION OF AN 8-10 HOUR FLIGHT TO EUROPE.  SAF
STAFF ANTICIPATE PATIENT NEEDS AND PROBLEM SOLVES IN ORDER TO
FACILITATTE INFLIGHT CARE.  WHEN STRATIGIC AIRCRAFT ARRIVE,
PATIENTS ARE SAFELY TRANSPORTED TO THE AIRCRAFT.  REPORT OF 
PATIENT STATUS IS PROVIDED TO THE MEDICAL CREW TO INSURE 
CONITUNITY OF MEDICAL CARE.  IN ADDITION, PERTINATE
ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY ASF ADMIN STAFF.

MEDICAL AIR STAGING FACILITY (MASF):  OPERATED BY THE 37TH
AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION GROUP.

MISSION:  TO RECEIVE PATIENTS FROM LOCAL EVAC HOSPITALS,
PREPARE TEHM FOR INTER-THEATER FLIGHTS ON C-130 AIRCRAFT.
PATIENTS ARRIVED AT THE MSAF TWO TO FOUR HOURS PRIOR TO
AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL.  PATIENTS WERE EVALUATED AND TREATED AS
NEEDED.  THE MASF AT MED-BASE PROCESSED PATIENTS THAT WERE 
STABILIZED AT OTHER EVVAC FACILITIES IN THE AREA, HOWEVER ON 
SEVERAL OCCASIONS THER WERE TASKED WITH PROVIDING TREATMENT
FOR URGENT PATIENTS THAT REQUIRED IMMEDIATE EVACUATION TO
FACILITIES IN THEATER IN ORDER TO RECEIVE MORE EXTENSIVE
MEDICAL TREATMENT.

AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION CONTROL ELEMENT (AECE):  OPERATED BY
PEROSNNEL FROM THE 32ND AEG, 37TH AEG, 69TH AES, 65 AES AND
THE NORTH CAROLINA AIR NATIONAL GUARD, MISSISSIPPI AIR 
NATIONAL GUARD.