I was a "DUSTOFF MEDIC"!
What is Dustoff ?
or
What's Dustoff?
The 45th Medical Company Air Ambulance "Dustoff" is the epitome
of Helicopter Aeromedical Evacuation.
"Dustoff" - Acronym Definition -
Dedicated
Unhesitating
Service
To
Our
Fighting
Forces.
The terms "medevac" and "medivac" were used synonymously for Army
"Aeromedical evacuation" or "Dustoff" (Dust Off).
There was no more welcome sound to a wounded soldier in Viet Nam than the
whop-whop-whop of the "Dustoff Huey" coming to get them out of hell.
Anyone that has ever flown in a "Dustoff Huey" will never forget that heavenly sound.