Definition of "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. (verb-transitive)

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