Showing posts with label medevacs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medevacs. Show all posts
Sunday, December 6, 2015

Afghan War News Snippets

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Climate Change in Afghanistan.  This past week the leaders of the world converged in Paris to attend the climate conference. President...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Paper - Helicopter Options for Partner Nations

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RAND Corporation has published a report that could be useful to air advisors of TAAC Air who are training, advising, and assisting the ...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

History of Task Force Musketeer (France)

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EC-665 Attack Helicopter - Tiger (photo by Erwan de Cherisey) Task Force Musketeer was the name of the French aviation task force in...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

AAF Medics Teach Lifesaving Skills to ANA

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The Afghan Air Force (AAF) is sending out small medical teams to teach MEDEVAC procedures to medics of the Afghan National Army (ANA). ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Afghan Air Support Improves

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The Afghan Air Force has had a slow start getting established. It was plagued by illiteracy, corruption, inefficiency, bad leadership, AN...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

ANP & AAF Conduct MEDEVAC Training

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Rotary wing air evacuation training was recently conducted for members of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the Afghan National Police (A...
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

C-17 Flying Hospital

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A news article describes the C-17 Globemastter III that is a 'flying hospital'. It is used for MEDEVACs from the war zone to a hospi...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

U.S. MEDEVAC Crews Less Busy Train More

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A recent news article provides us with a glimpse of the daily routine of MEDEVAC crews stationed at Bagram Air Field. Now that U.S. comba...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Former SF Medic Establishes Program to Reduce Battlefield Deaths

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A medical fellowship program seeks to reduce battlefield deaths. A former Special Forces Medic who served in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 an...
Monday, January 13, 2014

OCC-Rs Improving in Medical Coordination

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The Operational Coordination Centers at the regional level (OCC-Rs) are slowly improving in their capabilities to coordinate and track me...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Afghan Border Police Need More Medical Training and Supplies

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The Afghan Border Police or ABP work in the most remote parts of Afghanistan. When an ABP member is wounded or injured he is miles and hour...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Wounded Evacuations in Afghanistan Improves

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Survival rates for wounded Soldiers have improved dramatically thanks to more medevac helicopter crews and improved medical procedures.  Rea...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

U.S. Medevacs Save Afghan Civilian Lives

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The medevac system in Afghanistan has improved dramatically.  Several years ago the medevacs would be launched from four locations - Bagram,...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Military Medevacs in Afghanistan | Forward Operating Base Wilson

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A writer in Afghanistan provides us with a glimpse of how medevac crews in Afghanistan work and live.  He describes the modern and tradition...