2 AES MEDICAL AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR EUROPEAN

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1. Reference :  Hq USAFE/SGA MSG DTG 231701z Jan 91, SUBJ: USEUCOM
Aeromedical Evacuation (A/E) Support for Desert Storm. 

2. Concept:  During the period 14 period 14 January to 25 March 1991, the 
Theater Aeromedical Evacuation Control Center (TAECC) was activated to 
support  Operation Desert Storm. The TAECC was activated at the 
Operation Support Center (OSC) at RAMSTEIN Air Force Base, Germany as 
the Centralized  Command, Control and Communication  function for 
Aeromedical Evacuation activities in Europe.  This included the 
movement of patients from the Desert Storm Area of Responsibility (AOR)
to Europe (EUCOM),  from EUCOM to CONUS and within the European Theater.
The EUCOM Theater was divided into three regions.  These were the 
Northern Region, located at Upper Heyford, England: the Southern
Region, located at Torrejon Air Base, Madrid Spain: and the Central 
Region located at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany.   Each Region had a 
Regional  Aeromedical Evacuation Center and an  appropriate
number of  Aeromedical Evacuation System Elements and other support
elements for that region.  The TAECC was staffed by a composite of
Active Duty, Reserve and Air National Guard personnel from Strategic
and Tactical Aeromedical Evacuation Units and total 18 personnel. 
The large number of expected casualties necessitated the utilization of 
237 planned Aeromedical Evacuation Crews for the transportation of 
wounded from EUCOM to CONUS and a planned utilization of 128
Aeromedical Evacuation Crews for the movement of wounded from the AOR
to EUCOM. The actual number of Aeromedical Evacuation utilized
were 195 Crews for the movement of wounded from EUCOM to CONUS and 109
Crews from the AOR to EUCOM.  The Crews were utilized at the following 
bases: 
		INTER-THEATER		INTRA-THEATER
BASE 		EUCOM       CENTCOM               EUCOM      CENTCOM           TOTALS
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RAMSTEIN	40/25             85/65                         0/4              43/44                     125/138
RHEIN-MAIN     35/25            0/0                             14/12           0/0                         49/37
NUERNBURG      5/5               0/0                               0/0            0/0                           5/5
U. HEYFORD     60/20             0/0                             25/41          0/0                        85/61
MILDENHALL     5/5               0/0                             18/18          0/0                         23/23            	 WADDINGTON 15/14	        0/0                              0/0             0/0                          15/14
TORREJON         15/11            0/0                             0/0              0/0                          15/14
INCIRLIK             0/0               0/0                             5/5              0/0                            5/5 

TOTAL               175/105          85/65                       62/80        43/44                      365/294             	 
     
ALL NUMBERS ARE ARRANGED AS PLANNED/PRESENT

3.	Significant Activities:  The Theater AECC coordinated all 
aeromedical evacuation activities between the AOR and EUCOM, and EUCOM
and CONUS, and within the European Theater.  The Theater AECC
coordinated the movement of 3732 litter patient:  5645 ambulatory
patients and 364 attendants on 178 flights between the period of 15
January 1991 and 25 March 1991. 


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