AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION (INTER-THEATRE, OR STRATEGIC)

That phase of evacuation that provides out-of-theatre airlift for patients from overseas areas or from theatre of active operations, to the home nation, to other NATO countries or to a temporary out of theatre safe area. Strategic AE is ultimately a national responsibility; nevertheless bilateral or multilateral agreements between nations are an efficient way to share scarce resources of MEDEVAC aircraft, equipments and AE teams.