Latest "medevac" stories

Medevac team successfully gets premature baby from Kuwait to Germany

An airlift team quickly and successfully transported a premature baby from Kuwait to Germany for emergency medical care.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

8 weeks ago

A U.S. soldier holds a sign indicating a gate is closed as hundreds of people gather some holding documents, near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021. (Wali Sabawoon/AP)

46 hours: How airmen fought to save lives after the Abbey Gate bombing

Air Force Times exclusively spoke with five airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron during Operation Allies Refuge.

By Rachel S. Cohen

7 months ago

New legal bombshells explode on two Navy SEAL war crimes cases

Two SEALs offer up damaging testimony against a chief special warfare operator accused of war crimes -- and suggest the command did not initially investigate the sprawling allegations of misconduct, new legal documents show.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

Putting Marines at risk: How shocking flight medic training gaps could endanger grunts on the ground

Scarce Navy, Marine Corps flight medics are on the front lines with insufficient training.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

DoD exploring medevac options for special operations forces within Yemen

The U.S. military is looking for contractors to provide airborne casualty evacuation services for special operations forces working “primarily within Yemen.”

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

The V-280 tilt-rotor aircraft could change the way air assault troops operate

Bell's V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft should be a welcome addition to units conducting fast rope insertions, rappelling, or any other air assault operation.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

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