4626 (County of Wiltshire) Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron is a unit of the British Royal Auxiliary Air Force, which manages, maintains and trains its personnel for operational readiness in support of RAF requirements for Aeromedical Evacuation and Pre-Hospital Emergency Care, Primary Healthcare (PHC) (Role 1) and individual augmentees to other military healthcare capabilities, in times of conflict or crisis (under the provision of the Reserve Forces Act 1996).
It has recently grown into wider areas of responsibility, including Pre-Hospital Emergency Care and Primary Healthcare.
The Squadron comprises Ground Handling Flights (involved in ground-based patient care) and Aeromedical Flights (qualified to fly with patients), the Aeromedical Staging Unit (ASU) and the provision of Individual Augmentees to deployable medical capabilities of the RAF Medical Services (such as Role 1 PHC).
Following Granby, members of the Squadron were deployed on Operation Provide Comfort, a humanitarian mission to aid displaced Kurds.
[7] Based in Cyprus, Kuwait, Iraq and the UK, the squadron flew more than 75 missions in three months, and evacuated more than 2,000 casualties.