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casevac Mil. colloq.|ˈkæzɪvæk|
[Abbrev. of casualty evacuation; cf. medevac.]
The emergency removal of casualties from a war-zone to hospital by air. Hence as v. trans.
1959Times Rev. Industry May 40/2 The last link with the Far East ‘casevac’ service was forged when..in 1950..aircraft loaded with stretcher cases flew from Singapore to the U.K. 1965She Nov. 46/1 It is recorded that the very first casualty evacuation flights (nicknamed ‘Casevac’ and so-called until recent years) brought patients to hospitals from battlefields in the last year of the 1914–18 war. 1982R. Fox Eyewitness Falklands 253 Kim Sabido..moved with one of the rifle companies. A man next to him was hit and had to be casevaced. 1986Airextra Aug. 11/3 In the casevac role, the ‘Hip-C’ can carry 12 stretchers. |