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dust-off
noun
medical evacuation by helicopter US
Vietnam war usage.- Eighteen American soldiers, wounded in the battle, were taken out in “dustoff” medical evacuation choppers (so named because they stir up a lot of dust during takeoffs and landings). — David Reed, Up Front in Vietnam, p. 27, 1967
- Yes, sir, what we needs just this minute is one of them medevac choppers, a dust-off, don’t ya know. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 92, 1977
- I picked up a stretcher from the Dust Off ship. — Robert Mason, Chickenhawk, p. 174, 1983
- They’d pass out from shock and die before the dust-off medevac chopper could haul-ass out to us. — Larry Heinemann, Paco’s Story, p. 21, 1986
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