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TOPIC AREA: EQUIPMENT STANDARDIZATION / AE KITS, etc. 
 
SUBMITTED BY: HQ AFRES/SGXO 
 
ISSUE: Contingency kit design is not adequate for war time contingencies. 
 
OBSERVATION: Design of the contingency kits does not lend itself to functional 
use. 
 
DISCUSSION: Most problems with contingency kits should have surfaced during this 
operation. Contingency kits are too heavy, bulky, hard to carry, difficult to 
secure on aircraft, and difficult to transport back to the stage base after 
aeromedical evacuation missions. 
 
IMPACT: The lack of a standardized kit for use on all aeromedical evacuation 
aircraft (C-130, C-141, CRAF) can act to impair mission effectiveness. 
 
RECOMMENDATION: Contingency kits should be standardized with the minimum amount 
of items required to support aeromedical evacuation patients. The size and 
weight of these kits should be kept to a minimum to ease transportation 
requirements. 
 
 
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