Definitions
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- noun Alternative form of
medevac . - verb Alternative form of
medevac .
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Examples
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The chopper that Stansfield approached was blue and silver with the word MEDEVAC painted in white letters over both sliding doors.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #1 Vince Flynn 1997
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MEDEVAC MISSIONSPercentage of medical evacuation missions of badly wounded troops this year in Afghanistan that were completed in less than an hour:
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He holds the record for the Vietnam War for the most MEDEVAC flights.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Capt, MEDEVAC PILOT (300+ missions), prisoner of war, held in captivity with Blaine
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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I was an eye witness to Ashley's arrival at the MEDEVAC pad in Pleiku following his "hero" action in '66.
Bane Ashley 2010
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It finally got dark and the MEDEVAC bird arrived and started hoisting up the wounded and the dead.
'War' 2010
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They were on a steep ridge at night getting raked by machine-gun fire, and everyone knew the MEDEVAC helicopters would never dare attempt a landing in those conditions; they were going to have to get Vimoto and another man named Pecsek down to the road to get picked up.
'War' 2010
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Flight time from MEDEVAC helicopter from the mountain to a trauma center is about 15 minutes.
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And you should know that CNN reached out to the Canadian government for a comment on the lack of MEDEVAC services in Quebec, but they would not return our repeated calls and E-mails.
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ARMY MEDEVAC: If we had time, we would probably -- do it more than two days a week.
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