1FINABELCOORDINATINGCOMMITTEEQuartierReineElisabethRued'EvereB-1140BRUSSELSTélCol:02/701.41.04TélCdt:02/701.41.03TélSrt:02/701.71.77FAX:02/701.71.78E-mail:finabel@mil.be10January2012FIN/SEC/27.457-ENG.1.RDISPATCHNOTESubjectPromulgationofreportFinabelENG.1.RTitleENG.1.RTheuseofhelicoptersintheEUBGconcept,includingtheMEDEVACrole.ReferenceFIN/SEC/27.408dated01October2011ObservationTheabove-referenceddocumentmaybedestroyed(Originalsigned)ColonelDESJEUXP.HeadofFinabelPermanentSecretariat2ENG.1.RTHEUSEOFHELICOPTERSINTHEEUBGCONCEPT,INCLUDINGTHEMEDEVACROLE3THEUSEOFHELICOPTERSINTHEEUBGCONCEPT,INCLUDINGTHEMEDEVACROLEAAIIMMOOFFTTHHEESSTTUUDDYY..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................5511..IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN,,KKEEYYDDEEFFIINNIITTIIOONNSSAANNDDFFUUNNDDAAMMEENNTTAALLSS............................................................................551.1Generaloverviewofusinghelicopters......................................................................51.2Potentialmissionsforhelicopters.............................................................................61.3Helicoptersoperationalprinciples..................................................................................81.3.1Characteristics...........................................................................81.3.2Considerations............................................................................91.4MEDEVAC/CASEVAC................................................................................................1222..TTHHEEGGEENNEERRAALLOOUUTTLLIINNEEOOFFMMEEDDEEVVAACCMMIISSSSIIOONNSS....................................................................................................11442.1MEDICALsupport......................................................................................................142.2AERO-MEDEVACoverview.......................................................................................1533..AAEERROO--MMEEDDEEVVAACCCCOONNSSIIDDEERRAATTIIOONNSS..................................................................................................................................................11883.1PlanningissuesforAERO-MEDEVAC.....................................................................183.2LogisticsupportforAERO-MEDEVACmissions....................................................203.3Commandandcontrol...............................................................................................203.4RequiredcapabilitiesfortheprovisionofeffectiveAERO-MEDEVAC.................223.5Structuralconsiderations.........................................................................................223.6Trainingrecommendations.......................................................................................233.6.1AIRCREWABILITIES.........................................................................233.6.2MINIMUMAEROMEDICALEVACUATIONTRAINING.......................................233.6.3MISCELLANEOUS.............................................................................233.6.4AIRCRAFTIDENTIFICATION.................................................................24AANNNNEEXXEESS.............................