A History of U.S. Army Aeromedical Evacuation
from Conception to Hurricane Katrina

Contents

Front Matter

PART ONE
Fulfilling a Need: From Conception to Combat

Chapter One
An Honorable Heritage

Chapter Two
From Korea through Vietnam

PART TWO
Domestic Duties & Contingency Operations

Chapter Three
Quiet Years, 1973–1980

Chapter Four
New Challenges: Near and Afar, 1981–1990

PART THREE
An Angry Decade

Chapter Five
Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1990–1991

Chapter Six
Force Reductions, 1992–1995

Chapter Seven
The Balkans, 1992–Ongoing

PART FOUR
Into the Millennium: New Challenges, at Home and Abroad

Chapter Eight
To 9/11, 2000–2001

Chapter Nine
Again, Into Battle, 2001–2003

Chapter Ten
Aviation Transformation and Domestic Operations, 2002–2005

Chapter Eleven
Warriors of Compassion

APPENDICES