Casevac

Word CASEVAC
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Definitions and meanings of "Casevac"

What do we mean by casevac?

The transportation of a wounded person, usually by air, from an area of military conflict to an area where medical care can be provided. noun

To transport (a wounded person) from an area of military conflict to an area where medical care can be provided. transitive verb

Alternative form of CASEVAC. noun

To perform the emergency evacuation of an injured person or people (civilians or soldiers) from a combat zone. verb

The emergency patient evacuation of injured people (civilians or soldiers) from a combat zone.

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The word "casevac" in example sentences

He should have had available to him a dedicated "casevac" casualty evacuation medium-lift helicopter covered by the firepower of all three gunships. ❋ Richard (2007)

The air-bridge of supply to the area is maintained all year round ensuring that logistics support to the Indian Army is not hampered, besides special missions such as casevac are dealt on case-to-case basis. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

Pilots on “casevac” duty had to spend twelve hours at a time in or near the ready room, a rectangular space the size of a modest backyard swimming pool. ❋ Richard Whittle (2010)

As it stands, the current aircraft have to perform a dizzying variety of functions, from resupply, to assault troop insertions and to "communications" (a VIP taxi), to say nothing of the attack helicopter role and casevac – plus reconnaissance and convoy escort. ❋ Richard (2006)

Medics at Camp Bastion prepare to casevac an injured Afghan soldier to Kandahar. ❋ Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm (2008)

We have a British casualty, are under intense fire and need immediate casevac. ❋ Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm (2008)

One suspects, though, that Mr Selous has in mind the stirring scenes of casevac Hueys of VietNam fame, darting in to pluck casualties from under the noses of the NVA. ❋ Richard (2007)

Among the few advantages our forces should have in Afghanistan are air mobility and rapid air casevac and extraction. ❋ Richard (2007)

It is the same group of nations which have been extremely parsimonious in providing assets for the war in Afghanistan, to an extent that European nations were not even prepared to supply casevac helicopters to aid the nations who were delivering fighting troops. ❋ Richard (2007)

"This will be followed by specific tasking of the helicopters to uplift, casevac or resupply people in distress," the statement said. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Poor septic pilot went ape mind you the same chap picked me up two weeks latter on a casevac flight strange wold. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I helped casevac one by stretcher into the cooking area. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The MOD would casevac and treat the soldier but he would not be entitled to compensation for injuries sustained in such an accident. yea my son got abacus insurance out at harrogate afc n still uses it for private hols, we phoned abacus to check this and were told his cover does cover holidays. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As I stared at my angry squad leader, all I knew was that his squad was the casualty evacuation (casevac) squad that day-they were always the casevac squad-and that now they had to do their job. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Get straight to the PX nd get a big pile of jazz mags to last a while then bash yourself stupid until they casevac you Basically the excitement wears out after a couple of weeks, and you take it in turns sleeping in a corner ❋ Unknown (2009)

I hope that she can show the hard evidence that he "bled to death" because of a delay in casevac caused by lack of rotary air. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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