The 23d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was a unit of the United States Air Force. It was constituted on 24 June 1994 and activated on 1 July 1994 at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, assigned to the 23d Operations Group subordinate to Air Combat Command. On 1 April 1997 the Air Force inactivated the unit.
History The squadron was activated on 1 July 1994, replacing the 1st Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Pope, which was simultaneously inactivated.
Operation Uphold Democracy In September 1994, personnel deployed to Haiti, Cuba, and Puerto Rico in support of Operation Uphold Democracy. Air Combat Command tasked the 23d AES to plan the Theater Aeromedical Evacuation System (TAES). Personnel established a Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center (TPMRC), described in the source as "an experimental measure," and safely evacuated patients to destination hospitals. Between 18 September and 12 December 1994, a total of 118 litter and 207 ambulatory patients were aeromedically evacuated via the TAES.
In early October 1994, command and control of aeromedical evacuation operations in the Haitian area of responsibility were transferred to the 610th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, an Air Force Reserve Command unit.
Inactivation The squadron was inactivated on 1 April 1997, and its personnel, equipment and mission were transferred to the 43d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, which was simultaneously activated.
Lineage Constituted as the 23d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on 24 June 1994 Activated on 1 July 1994 Inactivated on 1 April 1997
Assignments 23d Operations Group, 1 July 1994 – 1 April 1997
Stations Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 1 July 1994 – 1 April 1997
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