By 26 July , more than 27 new major fires were raging. It became clear that all of the commercial helicopter companies would be tied up on the fires. Company A, 5th Battalion, th Aviation Regiment was available however. Another CHD Chinook and its crew airlifted the research vessel onto the lake's surface on 27 July The sonar mapping began the next day. Between 2 February and 1 February, , Detachment 1, B Company, 5th Battalion, th Aviation conducted strategic air missions to hunt for weapons of mass destruction while under operational control of the 75th Exploitation Task Force.
The Ghostriders executed over 4, accident-free flight hours supporting combat operations to include a joint special operations task force, general support operations, personnel recovery missions, and direct actions and air assaults on enemy targets. C Company redeployed from Iraq in November They played a vital role in the overall success of citizen rescues.
By 10 October , the Companies had flown hours, multi-aircraft mission, rescued citizens, and transported 2, persons and 4, tons of materials and supplies. Subscribe Now! Sign In Sign Out. Site maintained by: John Pike. Join the GlobalSecurity. Enter Your Email Address. Another project still in the planning stages is a portable Neo-Natal unit. According to Rogers, if there is a baby who must be flown to another hospital, the German Neo-Natal Team in Bremen is the closest unit at this time.
We are currently working on getting a power converter unit that will be compatible with our Blackhawk helicopters," said Rogers. Since the unit will be working even closer with the hospital, the th is holding aviation safety classes for the hospital staff to familiarize them with the aircraft.
The confidence of the staff is in turn passed on to the patient who may be flying for the first time," said Rogers. Ken still has his old unit patch that he wears on his Medical Corps hat. I ran across your website and request for any information on the st Med Co. It was sometime in when several of us in the platoon designed a patch for our platoon see attachment , however, at that particular time the army did not allow patches to be worn on any uniforms to include flight jackets and suits.
As you will notice, the patch I am sending you is different from the one you have on your website. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. History I was then sent with a group to the 7th Medical Brigade Headquarters in Stuttgart. People were getting assignments everyday, but several of us weren't picked for whatever reason.
We were finally asked if we wanted to volunteer to fly -- they would not force anyone to do so. I did, and was assigned to the 3rd Platoon Grafenwohr. The 7th Med Bde unit handles air medical evacuation for all of Germany from five locations. The units is currently in the process of receiving 36 refurbished UH-1H helicopters - Vietnam war veterans.
The st consists of several organic platoons and attached detachments: 1st and 3rd Platoons are based at Nellingen and serve the Stuttgart area east to Munich, including the Armed Forces Recreation areas. The 63rd Med Det at Landstuhl makes rescue missions in an area west of the Rhine between the French and Belgian borders. Source: Dustoff Europe Reorganization.
Currently, Dustoff Europe comprises one medical company with 25 aircraft and four medical detachments 6 aircraft each :. Nellingen Ksn, Stuttgart. Conn Bks, Schweinfurt. Griesheim AAF, Darmstadt. Carl Schurz Ksn, Bremerhaven. Giebelstadt Ksn, Augsburg. The 6-aircraft detachments comprise: 6 UH aircraft, 4 wheeled vehicles, 30 people.
Under the reorganiztion, Dustoff Europe will be reorganized as an Evac Bn providing command and control for three aircraft companies. The reorganization will occur in two phases: Phase One , already completed in August , produced a provisional battalion hqs, two aircraft companies and three 6-aircraft detachments:.
Phase Two , scheduled for FY , will produced a third medical company by consolidating the three remaining 6-aircraft dets at an as-yet-undetermined site.
Webmaster Note: the third medical company, designated as the th Med Co, was eventually formed at Landstuhl. The new aircraft company organization comprised 15 UH aircraft, 10 wheeled vehicles, people. This allocation presents a command and control problem at the detachment level. Additionally, one aircraft company will support each division. Training Under the previous configuration, separate platoons and detachments were spread out throughout Europe which did not allow for effective unit-level training.
In , the 1st and 3rd platoons of the old st Medical Company that are stationed at Nellingen, Germany, combined with the remaining personnel and equipment from the 2nd platoon to form the battalion headquarters and the 45th Medical Company AA , Nellingen Ksn, Stuttgart. Additional variations of pocket patches used by Air Ambulance units in Europe looking for details on time frames when the patches were worn :. He was with the unit from During the timeframe of they moved the unit to Schweinfurt where they still are today.
I asked him the other day if this was the patch see st Med Co pocket patch in 'Additional Variations' section they wore, he said that was later after he left in I know in the timeframe they were wearing the shield with white background blue trim, the wings globe and anyone anywhere anytime motto. He said in they wore a shield patch with a crest in it, which I suspect is the one with st and diagonal is the th. I suspect the patch I sent was in the later and early s. My dad recognized it but did not have an exact date on when the unit wore it.
I saw an old patch from the th, it was made like the one I have, with the hand stiching embroidery it appears more early s then later 60s. On the dustoff association link with ' Germany' typed in these patches came up. Not mine but the old th; it also has a large red cross in the center.
I believe it may be from when the unit was first activated but this is only guessing from the old style patch work and similar features to the old th patch dated I looked at patches from the late s and the early s and the embroidery is far more advanced.
I have some early s handmade and they are similar to the st patches. Still working on it, but keep you posted. My dad and I are very fond of this unit. I was medevaced as child of 6 years of age from illesheim to Nurnburg Army Hospital by this unit. My luck was my dad was the medic on duty that night. There I was later able to assist the st in transports of patients. I remember Maj. McBride allowing me for a moment to watch the trains from the air coming out of Nurnburg.
And they treated me really great. So as you can tell this unit is always in my heart. I am now a percent disabled veteran, but their kindness and professionalisim is what made me become a Army medic.
And what I saw as a child is the same care and dedication I gave my troops. I became disabled going to the aid of another soldier. If I could I am in search of a st patch from today, if you know of anyone who may sell me one, I would deeply appreciate it.
I am not sure of the crew chiefs rank at the time because back then then they had spec besides the 4. I will research this a little more. And will immediately notify you of my findings. Thank you for your time and assistance. Jim Dotson. Sources: Email from Alfons Kraus.
It was reorganized and redesignated the 15th Medical Composite Unit on 13 July and reorganized and redesignated again on 25 April as the 15th Malaria Control Detachment. The unit served in Australia until 7 July , then in New Guinea until 30 April , and in the Philippine Islands from 3 May to 2 November when it was inactivated.
It was redesignated the 15th Medical Detachment on 27 March , and activated at Karlsruhe, Germany on 3 May where it served until 28 October It was transferred to St. Nazaire, France where it was inactivated on 5 February The 15th was organized from the assets of the 47th Medical Platoon formerly the 37th Medical Detachment , which had been inactivated on 25 March Upon arrival in Germany, the 15th traveled by train to Bad Kreuznach where it opened for business with four HD helicopters.
In late or early , the Hs were replaced with five HG helicopters. In May , the unit received three HC helicopters that allowed it to provide on board, in transit medical care. Another HC was added in , but the unit had only four to five pilots at any given time, and maintenance was a common problem, with usually only two of the four aircraft flying.
It also did mountain rescue work with the German police. In March one of the lesser-known incidents of the Cold War ended peacefully at Schleissheim Airfield. Murphy, agreed to keep his aircraft above feet when flying over the Munich suburb of Pasing.
One of Pasing's residents, Helmut Winter, had been so annoyed by low flying aircraft that he constructed a crossbow and fired over potato dumplings at the helicopters before the peace accord was reached. The unit was redesignated as the 15th Medical Detachment RA. When the 15th relocated to Grafenwoehr, there were no facilities available and the unit set up in an old motor pool on the South side of the main post. A landing pad was established in a 1. There was room only for one aircraft at a time and the clearance was so tight that the air pressure in the ground handling wheels had to be reduced to the point that the aircraft would barely roll to get the helicopters in and out of the maintenance barn.
There was no protection from the winter environment for the other aircraft. In fall , there was a fatal accident that killed a medic on takeoff at night in poor weather. The unit was directed to move all operations to the Grafenwoehr Army Airfield. But there was no hanger and no funds to build one for two years. So unit maintenance continued in the motor pool barn. There was a very large base camp built using German "Fest" tents, tough translucent fabric stretched over arched laminated wood beams.
The 15th had provided standby support for the Operation, and the suggestion was made to COL Tibbets, the Seventh Army Training Center Commander, that the largest of the tents would make a suitable hanger for the 15th when it was no longer needed for the Operation. It was disassembled and moved by Skycrane to Grafenwoehr, where engineers modified the door to accommodate the UH-1Hs. The tent was provided with additional lights and running water and could accommodate three Hueys, four in a pinch.
Maintenance offices and parts storage were also stored inside. The units foot canvas field storage tent was erected to house the fifth aircraft, leaving only one to be subjected to the elements.
A large spaceheater provided heat. In bad weather the standby aircraft was situated just inside the door with ground handling wheels on and the tug attached. Response time was dramatically improved in winter with no snow or ice to remove and warm fluids and batteries in the aircraft.
The motor maintenance barn was used only for vehicle maintenance. For years it served as a conversation piece. One can only imagine what the Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia thought. Grafenwoehr was so close to the Czech border that troops there could not help but notice it if they were at any altitude.
The 15th was inactivated at Grafenwoehr on 15 October Its aircraft and personnel were transferred to the th and th Medical Detachments as they reorganized into 15 aircraft Companies.
While it was active, the 15th provided medevac support to the North Bavaria area of Seventh Army through the 7th Medical Command. Source: Port Reporter, May 16, The Det was located at Gablingen Kaserne, about 10 miles north northwest of Augsburg and was under the command of the st Medical Company AA , a subordinate unit of the 7th Medical Brigade. Its mission was to evacuate patients from Bavaria, Italy and Austria.
On 16 October , the th was again reorganized and redesignated, this time as the th Medical Company AA , by combining the assets of the 15th, 63rd and th Medical Detachments which were inactivated. The Company also moved to a new station -- Landstuhl, Germany. Currently early s , the company is under the command and control of the st Medical Battalion Evacuation of the 7th Medical Command.
It comprises 15 UHA helicopters. Because of its theater of operations coverage, it is known as, "International Dustoff," the name which it inherited from the 63rd Medical Detachment.
Source: Mehmet Aydin. Click on the image to go to Mehmet's site. Newspaper articles. It's 9 a. Dustoff helicopters in seven locations scattered throughout Germany are poised for take-off.
Inside each flight planning room, the pilot briefs the rest of the crew co-pilot, crew chief and flight medic. They check the weather, file the flight plans and head for the airfield.
Once outside, each crew performs a meticulous systems and safety check on their helicopter which includes setting the foot blades in furious motion.
At a. The men and women of the st Medical Company Air Ambulance are mission-ready and can be off the ground in 10 minutes. Their mission is to provide acromedical evacuation of the sick and wounded and to move whole blood, biologicals, medical supplies and personnel to meet a critical need -- a mission that remains the same in war or peacetime.
A routine mission involves transferring a patient from one hospital to another, usually for treatment by a specialist. The sending physician notifies hospital administrative personnel, and they, in turn, arrange the transfer with their closest st unit.
William T. The units are HQ, st Med. Of course, the soldiers of the st also respond to emergencies. So we picked him up and took him to the next step," Seifried said. With special permission, Dustoff crews can come to the aid of German civilians, too. They have helped out in hospital transfers and industrial accidents. Since we responded so quickly, they were able to attach his hand and save it," Seifried said.
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