Press Release
☷MEDEVAC Aircraft Capability Development Tool Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
U.S. Army ( By Press Release office)
Apr 28,2022
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Maj . Gen . David J . Francis , U . S . Army Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker commander , and Brig . Gen . Paula C . Lodi , deputy commander ( support ) , U . S . Army Medical Command , Joint Base San Antonio , Texas , cut the ribbon on the MEDEVAC aircraft 26995 capability development tool during an unveiling ceremony at Fort Rucker , Alabama , April 14 , 2022 . Maj . Gen . David J . Francis , U . S . Army Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker commander , and Brig . Gen . Paula C . Lodi , deputy commander ( support ) , U . S . Army Medical Command , Joint Base San Antonio , Texas , cut the ribbon on the MEDEVAC aircraft 26995 capability development tool during an unveiling ceremony at Fort Rucker , Alabama , April 14 , 2022 . The aircraft is the only HH - 60 static display in the Department of Defense , and will help inform and modernize the HH - 60 and inform decisions for Future Vertical Lift . The L model HH - 60 Black Hawk was the first rotary wing aircraft after the UH - 1 “Huey” to have design features incorporated uniquely for the medevac mission . This aircraft served multiple combat tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom . It was retired in 2014 , and then served as a maintenance training aircraft at Fort Eustis , Va . , providing a quality teaching benefit to the Army’s 15 series maintenance personnel . Only a few of its kind were produced , and it is the last surviving HH - 60L in the Army . “Indeed ‘greater love hath no man than this that one should lay down his life for his friends’ , and that exemplifies the spirit of 995 and the medevac mission , ” said Lodi , during her remarks . “Today we have an opportunity to both honor and demonstrate learning from the past , but do so with an eye towards the future . The project is nearly two years in the making , according to Col . Samuel L . Fricks chief of Army Future Command’s Medical Evacuation Concepts and Capabilities Division , Medical Capability Development Integration Directorate . “Unlike most aircraft on display , 995 still has a mission—that of capability development , ” said Fricks . “It will help improve patient care in current and future systems , as we’re able to test concepts and conduct studies onsite . ”Fricks thanked the DUSTOFF Association for providing the financial gift to Fort Rucker for the permanent mooring of the aircraft . ( U . S . Army photo by Kelly Morris ) The aircraft is the only HH - 60 static display in the Department of Defense , and will help inform and modernize the HH - 60 and inform decisions for Future Vertical Lift . The L model HH - 60 Black Hawk was the first rotary wing aircraft after the UH - 1 “Huey” to have design features incorporated uniquely for the medevac mission . This aircraft served multiple combat tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom . It was retired in 2014 , and then served as a maintenance training aircraft at Fort Eustis , Va . , providing a quality teaching benefit to the Army’s 15 series maintenance personnel . Only a few of its kind were produced , and it is the last surviving HH - 60L in the Army . “Indeed ‘greater love hath no man than this that one should lay down his life for his friends’ , and that exemplifies the spirit of 995 and the medevac mission , ” said Lodi , during her remarks . “Today we have an opportunity to both honor and demonstrate learning from the past , but do so with an eye towards the future . " Brig . Gen . Paula C . Lodi , deputy commander ( support ) , U . S . Army Medical Command , Joint Base San Antonio , Texas , speaks during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the MEDEVAC aircraft 26995 capability development tool at Fort Rucker , Alabama , April 14 , 2022 . ( U . S . Army photo by Kelly Morris ) The project is nearly two years in the making , according to Col . Samuel L . Fricks chief of Army Future Command’s Medical Evacuation Concepts and Capabilities Division , Medical Capability Development Integration Directorate . “Unlike most aircraft on display , 995 still has a mission—that of capability development , ” said Fricks . “It will help improve patient care in current and future systems , as we’re able to test concepts and conduct studies onsite . ” Fricks thanked the DUSTOFF Association for providing the financial gift to Fort Rucker for the permanent mooring of the aircraft . ( U . S . Army photos by Kelly Morris ) Maj . Gen . David J . Francis , U . S . Army Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker commander , looks at new technologies in ground evacuation on display at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the MEDEVAC aircraft 26995 capability development tool at Fort Rucker April 14 , 2022 . ( U . S . Army photo by Kelly Morris )
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