Congress wants to ensure that should the Air Force decide it does need to purchase dedicated aeromedical evacuation aircraft, service leaders will give due consideration to placing those aircraft “at locations that have previous experience” with the AE job.
It is critical that the Air Force move forward on the replacement for its E-4B “Doomsday” aircraft to keep the capability “viable” into the next decade and beyond, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. told lawmakers May 8.