1st Aeromedical Evacuation Group

1st Aeromedical Evacuation Group
Active	1951-1975
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force

Last updated March 29, 2019

The 1st Aeromedical Evacuation Group (1 AEG) was a unit of the United States Air Force. It was created in 1951, and inactivated on 1 July 1975 when it was replaced by 1st Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.^[1]

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The 1st Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was a unit of the United States Air Force. It was activated on 1 July 1975 when the 1st Aeromedical Evacuation Group was inactivated. It was inactivated on 1 July 1994 and replaced by the 23d Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.

Lineage

Constituted as the 1st Aeromedical Evacuation Group

Activated on 28 November 1951

Inactivated on 1 September 1954

Activated on 19 March 1957

Inactivated on 1 July 1975

Assignments

Eighteenth Air Force: 28 November 1951
Tactical Air Command: unknown
Eighteenth Air Force: 1 January 1954 - 1 September 1954
USAF Tactical Medical Center, 19 March 1957
464th Troop Carrier Wing, ca. 15 September 1957
Tactical Air Command, ca, 1 July 1970
375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing, 1 December 1974 - 1 July 1975

Eighteenth Air Force is the only Numbered Air Force (NAF) in Air Mobility Command (AMC) and one of the largest NAFs in the United States Air Force. 18 AF was activated on 28 March 1951, inactivated on 1 January 1958, and re-activated on 1 October 2003. 18 AF is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 June 1992 and its personnel and equipment absorbed by Air Combat Command (ACC).

Stations

Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, 28 November 1951 - 1 September 1954
Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, 19 March 1957
Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 15 September 1957 - 1 July 1975^[2]

Donaldson Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force located south of Greenville, South Carolina. It was founded in 1942 as Greenville Army Air Base; it was deactivated in 1963 and converted into a civilian airport. It is currently an active airfield known as Donaldson Center Airport.

Components

21st Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 19 March 1957 - 1 July 1970
22nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 19 March 1957 - 1 July 1970
18th Casualty Staging Flight (later 18th Aeromedical Staging Flight), 1 July 1968 - 1 July 1975

The 21st Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was a unit of the United States Air Force. It was created in 1957 in South Carolina, and inactivated on 1 July 1970.

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References

Notes

↑ 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron [43rd AES]
↑ Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 485. ISBN 0-912799-53-6.

Bibliography

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Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6.

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[1] 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron [43rd AES]

[2] Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 485. ISBN 0-912799-53-6.