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File: 120596_aacwy_01.txtDEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS RAMSTEIN AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION CONTROL ELEMENT USAF RAMSTEIN AB, GERMANY REPLY TO ATTN OF: CC 12 JULY 1991 SUBJECT: AFTER ACTION REPORT: OPERATION DESERT STORM TO: SEE DISTRIBUTION LIST 1. REFERENCE: HQ USAFE/SGA MSG DTG 231701Z JAN 91, SUBJ: USEUCOM AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION (A/E) SUPPORT FOR DESERT SHIELD/STORM. 2. CONCEPT. DURING THE PERIOD 27 DECEMBER 1990 THROUGH 20 MAY 1991 THE RAMSTEIN AB AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION CONTROL ELEMENT (RAECE) SUPPORTED OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/STORM . ACTIVITIES. THE RAECE WAS ACTIVATED TO SUPPORT THE 2ND AES TO LAUNCH AND RECOVER SOUTHWEST ASIA AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION MISSIONS AND TO LAUNCH CONUS AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION MISSIONS. THE RAECE MANAGEMENT STAFF WAS ESTABLISHED WITH COMPOSITE CONUS RESERVE UNITS BY CONSOLIDATING AN 11 PERSON AECE UTC AND A 17 PERSON AECE UTC, ONE 3 PERSON AELT AND 37 PERSONNEL DEPLOYED WITH STRATEGIC MEDICAL CREWS AS MEDICAL CREW MANAGERS. THE AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION CONTROL ELEMENT (AECE) AT RAMSTEIN AB GERMANY AT PEAK STRENGTH CONSISTED OF NEARLY 800 PERSONNEL. THIS INCLUDED 68 OPERATIONS PERSONNEL AND 100 MEDICAL CREWS ASSIGNED TO THE RAECE. ALSO ATTACHED TO THE AECE WERE 43 TACTICAL MEDICAL CREWS AWAITING SHIPMENT TO SOUTHWEST ASIA. A TOTAL OF 132 MEDICAL CREWS WERE DEPLOYED FROM THE FOLLOWING UNITS: 31 AES (17), 40 AES (29), 60 AES (18), 65 AES (10), 69 AES (1), 70 AES (4), 72 AES (15), 146 AES (1), 183 AEF (5). EACH OF THE FOLLOWING UNITS DEPLOYED ONE FLIGHT SURGEON TO THE RAECE FOR A TOTAL OF 12: 22 SHOS, 384 HOS, 410 MSS, 414 MSE, 7 MSS, 812 HOS, 814 HOS, 840 MSS, 90 MSS, 92 HOS, 93 HOS, EBSHOS. ALSO, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED BY PERSONNEL FROM THE FOLLOWING UNITS: 32 AEG, 33 AES, 34 AES, 35 AES, AND 36 AES. FINALLY, 43-TACTICAL MEDICAL CREWS AT KAPOUN AB WERE AWAITING FURTHER DEPLOYMENT TO SOUTHWEST ASIA. THESE MEDICAL CREWS CONSISTED OF PERSONNEL FROM THE FOLLOWING UNITS: 47 AES (2), 64 AES (12), 74 AES (10), 118 AES (6), 142 AES (6), 156 AES (6), AND 167 AES (6). THE RAECC WAS HOUSED IN TWO HANGERS ON THE RAMSTEIN AB FLIGHT LINE. THE RAECE WAS COLLOCATED NEXT TO THE AEROMEDICAL STAGING FACILITY, A SUB-JOINT MEDICAL REGULATING OFFICE, AND A U. S. ARMY EVACUATION CONTROL CENTER (ECC) WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PATIENT TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. THE RAECC DIRECTLY SUPPORTED THE 2ND GENERAL HOSPITAL (LANDSTUHL ARMY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER), LANDSTUHL, GERMANY AND ZWEIBRUCKEN USAF CONTINGENCY HOSPITAL, ZWEIBRUCKEN, GERMANY. THE MAJORITY OF AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION FLIGHT AND MEDICAL KITS WERE BROUGHT BY DEPLOYED STRATEGIC MEDICAL CREWS. ALL MEDICAL SUPPLIES WERE TO BE
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