The Dustoff Association

The DUSTOFF Association is an organization for all officers and enlisted Army Medical Department personnel, aviation crewmembers, and others who are, or ever were engaged in or actively supported in any capacity, Army aeromedical evacuation programs in war or peace. It was founded by SSG Thomas L.(Egor) Johnson a former member of the 57th Medical Detachment (Hel Amb), the “original” DUSTOFF unit. Upon his return from Vietnam in the mid-sixties, SSG Johnson dreamed of seeing the officers and enlisted crewmembers who had flown DUSTOFF and Medevac missions throughout Vietnam gather together. They would be able to renew friendships, keep abreast of new developments in the field of aeromedical evacuation, and again experience that special bond of fellowship and camaraderie which develops between those who have shared fears, hardships, and mutual dependency during battle.