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Table 1, Estimated Casualty Movement Requirements
(As of 15 December 1990

Intratheater:

	Average movement requirements/day: 1061 
	Maximum movement requirements/day: 3624

Intertheater:

	Average movement requirements/day: 894
	Maximum movement requirements/day: 2520


strategic aeromedical crews, for a total of 432 personnel. Revised casualty 
estimates provided in December, combined with the proposed increase in forces, 
dictated a significant increase in aeromedical assets and capabilities. Total 
elements required to support the theater were increased to one AECC, five AECEs, 
22 AELTs, 16 MASFs (four with personnel only), 99 tactical crews and 50 strategic 
crews, for a total of 1,400 AE personnel in the AOR. Ninety-two percent of the AE 
forces were from Air Reserve Component (ARC) units. An additional 109 strategic 
crews, from activated ANG and AFRes units, were assigned to the 1611 AES(P) and 
staged in Germany under the operational control of the United States European 
Command (EUCOM) AECC, bringing the grand total of personnel in the 1611 AES(P) to 
1,945. An additional 192 crews were on call in CONUS. In addition to the AE 
personnel, eight life support and 19 aircraft maintenance personnel were also
attached to the TAES. A listing of participating AE units is at -
attachment 2.

7. Deployment. Elements from the 1 AES, including the AECC, two MASFs, and two 
AELTs, were deployed on 11 August and arrived in Riyadh, SA, the next day. A third 
AELT, from the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Flight (142 AEF), was deployed to 
Incirlik, TU, to facilitate communications between AE elements in Saudi Arabia 
and-an AECE established by ANG personnel at Rhein Main GE. Twenty four tactical 
crews from the 118 AEF, 139 AEF, 142 AEF, 156 AEF, and 167 AEF, and twenty 
strategic crews from the 69 AES and the 72 AES also arrived in Riyadh on 12 
August. In addition, four strategic crews were provided by 2 AES. Half of the 
crews remained in Riyadh, and the others were positioned in Dhahran, SA. The TAES 
achieved initial operational capability on 13 August and flew the first AE mission 
that night.

8. Employment

	a. Aeromedical Evacuation Control Center. The AECC was established in Riyadh 
on 13 August and was collocated with the airlift control center (ALCC). Several 
days later, due to space

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