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	Table 6, Strategic AE Crews 
 
		Location				Crews	Personnel 
	 
		Jubail IAP			11			57 
		King Fahd IAP			8			43 
		King Khalid IAP		9			48 
		King Khalid Mil City	10			50 
		Muharraq				8			45 
		Total				46			243 
 
 
been tested, even during peacetime exercises. The majority of flight 
surgeons deployed had only limited experience in AE operations and, 
therefore, were initially unprepared to perform some of the duties desired, 
i.e. conduct briefings to MTF personnel as to proper patient preparation and 
proper use of the AE system. As a result, a basic familiarization program 
for newly assigned flight surgeons was established for both tactical and 
strategic AE operations. ; 
 
(1) Placement of Flight Surgeons. During Operation DESERT SHIELD, eight of 
the ten assigned flight surgeons were rotated to the five C-130 beddown 
sites (Thumrait and Masirah in Oman, and Sharjah, A1 Ain, and Bateen in the 
United Arab Emirates) on a two-to-three-week rotation cycle. The purpose of 
this rotation program was to better acquaint the flight surgeons with the AE 
system and assigned aeromedical aircrews. The remaining two flight surgeons 
were positioned in Riyadh, one at CENTAF/SG, and the other at the Joint 
Medical Regulating Office (JMRO), which was collocated with the AECC. In 
conjunction with the beginning hostilities, twelve additional flight 
surgeons were deployed to support AE operations. Upon their arrival in 
Riyadh, they received a brief orientation and were assigned to either one of 
the AE strategic hubs or one of the C-130 beddown sites. A summary of where 
flight surgeons were assigned at the onset of hostilities is at Table 7. 
 
(2) Medical Support at MASFs and Strategic Hubs. After hostilities began, 
the HQ MAC Deputy Surgeon, who served as an AE advisor to the CENTCOM/CCSG, 
requested that physicians trained in flight medicine and advanced trauma 
life support (ATLS) be placed at forward MASFs and strategic hubs to provide 
greater potential to stabilize combat casualties. Those physicians were 
instructed to perform the following duties: 
 
(a) Evaluate the condition of patients entering the AE system. 
 
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