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The 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was a medical evacuation squadron of the
United States Air Force . It was active from 1975 to 1994 at
Rhein-Main Air Base ,
Federal Republic of Germany .
It was assigned to the
435th Military Airlift Support Wing (later the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing) 31 March 1975 – 15 December 1978; 1 June 1980 – 1 April 1992.[
citation needed ] As an aeromedical evacuation unit, it was also associated with (but not assigned to) the hub of USAF aeromedical evacuation operations, the
375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing headquartered at
Scott Air Force Base , Illinois.
[1]
It traces its history to the 2d Aeromedical Evacuation Group (AEG). The 7416th AEG, and its assigned units, all part of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, were reorganized on 8 April 1957 as the 2d AEG. The new 2d AEG comprised the
1st ,
3rd , and
7th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons and the 18th Casualty Staging Flight.
[2] At the beginning of 1958 it was stationed at
Évreux-Fauville Air Base in France.
[3] The 2d AEG was transferred to
Military Airlift Command in 1974-75.
[4] By late 1980, the 2d AEG was reorganized as a squadron.
The 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron's operations included:
As part of the 1610th Air Division
Crews from the 2d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and hospital staff from Wiesbaden Military Hospital responded via
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and
C-9 Nightingale after the
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) struck a mine while operating as part of
Operation Earnest Will in the Persian Gulf. Four of the ship's crew were airlifted to Germany.
[6]
In 1994 the 2nd AES was inactivated and its assets and personnel used to activate the
86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron .
Lineage
Constituted as the 2d Aeromedical Evacuation Group
Activated on 8 April 1957
Redesignated 2d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on 1 July 1975
Inactivated c. 1 October 1994
Assignments
7310th Air Base Group (later 7310th Support Group, 7310th Air Base Wing), 8 April 1957
322d Air Division, 1 July 1964
7322d Air Base Wing, 1 December 1968
322d Tactical Airlift Wing 1 January 1970
375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing, 1 April 1975
435th Tactical Airlift Wing (later 435th Airlift Wing), unknown
435th Operations Group, 1 April 1992
86th Operations Group, 1 July 1993 – c. 1 October 1994
Stations
Dreux-Fauville Air Base, France, 8 April 1957
Rhein-Main Air Base, 15 September 1958
[8]
Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 1 July 1993 – c. 1 October 1994
References
Notes
Bibliography
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
Fletcher, Harry R (1993).
Air Force Bases , Vol. II, Air Bases Outside the United States of America (PDF) . Washington, DC: Center for Air Force History.
ISBN
0-912799-53-6 . Retrieved 17 December 2016 .
McAuliffe, Lt Col Jerome J. (2005). U.S. Air Force in France 1950-1967 . San Diego, CA: Milspec Press.
ISBN
978-0-9770371-1-7 .
MAC Office of History (1991).
Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: An Illustrated History of the Military Airlift Command, 1941-1991 (PDF) . Scott AFB, IL: Military Airlift Command.
ASIN
B001GTIDDA . Retrieved 15 April 2020 . (part I)
MAC Office of History (1991).
Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: An Illustrated History of the Military Airlift Command, 1941-1991 (PDF) . Scott AFB, IL: Military Airlift Command.
ASIN
B001GTIDDA . Retrieved 15 April 2020 . (part 2 Chapter VI to end)