The 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was a medical evacuation squadron of the

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. It was active from 1975 to 1994 at

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. 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. As an aeromedical evacuation unit, it was also associated with (but not assigned to) the hub of USAF aeromedical evacuation operations, the

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headquartered at

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, Illinois. 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

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, and

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s and the 18th Casualty Staging Flight. At the beginning of 1958 it was stationed at

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in France. The 2d AEG was transferred to

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in 1974-75. By late 1980, the 2d AEG was reorganized as a squadron. The 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron's operations included: * Return of U.S. hostages from Iran, 1980 (alongside the

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) *

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/Desert Storm :As part of the 1610th Air Division *

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:Crews from the 2d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and hospital staff from Wiesbaden Military Hospital responded via

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and

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after the

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struck a mine while operating as part of

in the Persian Gulf. Four of the ship's crew were airlifted to Germany. * 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing in Beirut In 1994 the 2nd AES was inactivated and its assets and personnel used to activate the

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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 1958Fletcher, p. 158 * Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 1 July 1993 – c. 1 October 1994

References

Notes

Bibliography

* * * (part I) * {{cite book, author=MAC Office of History, title=Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: An Illustrated History of the Military Airlift Command, 1941-1991, url= https://www.amc.af.mil/Portals/12/documents/AFD-131018-048.pdf , access-date=15 April 2020, year=1991 , publisher=Military Airlift Command, location=Scott AFB, IL, asin=B001GTIDDA (part 2 Chapter VI to end) Aeromedical evacuation squadrons of the United States Air Force