A Flying Car Could Be the Air Force's Next Medevac Transport
26 May 2021
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
A flying ambulance heads to a remote airfield somewhere in the Pacific. With or without a pilot behind the controls, it's able to land vertically, like a helicopter, near a base where troops are under attack. A wounded service member boards and straps into wearable technologies that monitor his condition, and the aircraft takes off to a site where his injuries can be treated.
It's a scenario that Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote, the Air Force's deputy chief of staff for strategy, integration and requirements, envisions for the service's "flying car" effort. That initiative, while in the nascent stages, has the potential to save lives or deliver critical equipment, all while decreasing the service's carbon footprint, he added.
"I could see a time in the future where high-speed vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are very useful," Hinote said in an interview last week with Military.com.
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