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hubs remaining operational. With the conclusion of the ground campaign 
and the subsequent redeployment of forces, daily Samaritan mission 
requirements decreased from four to one. That mission was scheduled to 
the various locations as needed. Three AELTs remained operational to 
coordinate airlift requirements for ground forces. Four tactical crews 
remained at Thumrait and six remained at King Fahd IAP to support 
urgent requirements, as well as the Samaritan mission. Initially, ten 
strategic crews were kept at King Khalid Military City and King Fahd 
IAP. They were phased down to three crews at King Fahd IAP to support 
urgent missions originating in the AOR. All other strategic AE 
missions were crewed from Ramstein. Daily preplanned C-141 missions 
were established for the two active AE strategic hubs. The missions 
were preconfigured with equipment and comfort pallet. Finally, two 
MASFs, with personnel and equipment, were prepositioned at King Khalid 
Military City for contingency purposes. The redeployment of the 
remaining operational AELTS was concurrent with the phasedown of the 
theater JMRO function. 
 
13. Redeployment and Transition. On 4 March, the COMALF directed the 
1611 AES(P) to begin redeployment. Since opportune aircraft were 
readily available, tactical and strategic crews identified as being 
excess to theater needs were redeployed immediately. The redeployment 
process was based on the principle of "first in, first out" whenever 
possible. Those personnel who were unable to depart via opportune 
airlift were redeployed by unit line number in accordance with the 
time-phased force deployment document (TPFDD). 
 
As of 31 March, we had moved over 12,600 patients on 671 missions in 
support of Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM (see Table 11). On 7 April, 
command and control of the AE force remaining in the AOR was assumed 
by replacement active duty and ARC personnel from EUCOM. 
 
Table 11, Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM AE Workload 
(12 August 1990 - 31 March 1991) 
 
				Litter	Amb		Total	Missions 
Intratheater		1,816	2,695	4,511	415 
Intertheater		3,283	4,838	8,121	256 
Total			5,099	7,533	12,632	671 
 
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14. Lessons Learned. 
a. General. 
 
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