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                          Desert Shjdd~)e-t Storm
                             ~Medicine
                       ~~~~~t~dAft~Action ReI)(Kt


                                 Preface

         M;terial in this document consolidates input from 29 individual after-
 action reports, proceedings of the Squadron Medical Element (SME) After-
 Action Conference at              AF3, VA, 20-22 May 91, and telephone
 conversations betweeCENT          arVSGPA and individual SMEIs.   Input was
 available from all 191        ntheater except Seeb and four forward operating
 bases.   Very few additional data sources were consulted; thus minor
 inconsistencies and some incompleteness is inheren~  Although the experience
 of Desert ShieldiStorm varied from location to location, this report is an attempt
 to present: the best overview and oonsensus of flight surgeon opinion.   It
 addre.ses aeromedical evacuation only to the extent that it directly impacted
 SME1s.


                            Terms     Defined

         Squadron Medical Element (SME) - Flight Stirgeons and/or aeromedical
 technicians (901X0) assigned to the flying squadron.   For purposes of this
 -document,.'; flight surgeons deployed in direct support of flymg squadrons but
 assigned to rnedical groups are referred to as SME~s also. Air Transportable
* Clinic Concept of Operation (ATO ConOps) - Document produced by Tactical Air
 Command and approved by TAC(CENTAF, SOUTHAF)/SG. Current version is
 dated 1990.
 Air Reser'~e Components (ARC) -- title which includes both Air Force Reserves
 and Air N~onal Guard personnel.


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