WASHINGTON (August 23, 2010) - The 121st Medical Company (air ambulance) the District of Columbia National Guard became recently the first unit to perform mission medical evacuation by helicopter UH-72 Lakota at Hohenfels, Germany has on 10 August.
The 117ème was the first unit equipped MEDEVAC Lakota helicopter deployed abroad, configuration when he arrived in Germany last month.
"Have the mission of the unit in its deployment is made for MEDEVAC sleep training units in the region, many of them before their deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan, said lieutenant colonel Maureen Bellamy, the officer of State aviation military care of DC."
The 117ème has worked hard since his arrival in Germany, said the division General Mark Escherich, the Commander of the unit.
"[We have finished]" notional MEDEVAC response validation for combat operations, 9-Line MEDEVAC training, MEDEVAC litter loading and unloading units and security for the army, Army Air, Marine Corps and the Batman Checks Georgian army, helicopter "he said."
Company covers MEDEVAC to two Hohenfels, which is the centre of preparation of multinational joint operations and Grafenwoehr, which is home to business training centre multinational mixte.Ils are separated by car and 20 minutes by helicopter almost two hours.
Last year, the 117ème became the first organization in the nation to receive the UH - 72 configured for .the MEDEVAC missions ' aircraft replaced the UH-1 "Huey", a vintage driven 117ème, Vietnam helicopter was parked in the land army Davison close to Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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