1611 AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION SQUADRON (PROVISIONAL)

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Table 3, Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Teams

	Location				AELT		Personnel
	A1 Khanjar			1			6
	A1 Khobar				1			4
	A1 Kibrit				1			4
	A1 Mishab				1			4
	A1 Qaisumah			2			7
	Bateen				1			4
	Jubail				2			18
	King Khalid Mil City	2			32
	Log Base Charlie		2			12
	Muharraq IAP			1			6
	Objective Orange		1			4
	Riyadh				3			13
	Thumrait				1			4
			
	Total				19			98

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communications elements functioned as message "nodes" in order to 
accommodate the more than forty stations on the AE RF net at its 
peak. This was done by simultaneously operating five separate HF 
nets, one linking the AECC with its net control elements, and the 
others linking those elements with their respective AECEs, AELTs and 
MASFs. This system proved to be very successful; it decreased the 
number of radio sites reporting directly to the AECC to only seven, 
thereby improving communications efficiency and effectiveness.

d. Mobile Aeromedical Staqinq Facilities. The initial requirement 
for two complete MASF packages (personnel and equipment) was 
increased to 12 in response to the revised casualty estimates 
predicated on potential offensive actions. Four additional MASF 
personnel packages provided augmentation capability in anticipation 
of the expected heavy casualty flow. Of the 16 MASF personnel 
packages deployed in support of Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM, 14 
were ARC assets.

(1) Pre-Hostilities Positioning of MASFs. The initial two MASFs were 
positioned in Riyadh and Dhahran. In September an additional MASF 
arrived and was established at King Fahd International Airport. As 
the AE system expanded, the Riyadh and Dhahran MASFs functioned in 
both ASF and MASF roles, preparing patients for both strategic and 
tactical aeromedical evacuation. With the opening of an ASF at 
Dhahran in October, the MASF at that location was closed. However, 
it remained in place, providing assistance to the ASF during the 
transition period in which it prepared for relocation to A1 Jouf in 
support of the potential

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