former MedEvac pilot and Flatiron commander. Although the first aircraft used for medical evacuation was a British air ambulance, de Havilland DH9, in 1917, the first helicopter used for MedEvac ...

The use of helicopters at the end of World War Two for medical evacuations (MEDEVAC ... Their Wings in Korea The Japanese were aware the L-1 went down and were hunting the pilot and passengers.

“Medevac, med service zero-five-six on departure turn right hitting two-niner zero. Runway two-four cleared for takeoff. Wing 25010,” the air traffic controller tells the pilot moments before ...

In 1969, he signed on to train as an Army medevac pilot. “His father was a full colonel, so Jim grew up with a heavy military influence,” said his wife, Barbara. “Jim enlisted to make his ...