Tag: Military Swap Meets

On  April 29th & 30th the Military Transport Association of NJ vehicle show and swap meet has a special event on Sunday April 30th to honor Vietnam UH-1 Huey pilots, flight crews, combat medics and nurses.

New Jersey State Police Aviation Unit will land the AW-139 medevac NorthSTAR EMS helicopter at the Military Transport Association of New Jersey military show on Sunday April 30, 2023. Landing 11:00AM at the Sussex County Fair Grounds in Augusta, New Jersey.

University Hospital New Jersey proudly staffs the medical component of NorthSTAR in conjunction with NJSP and the New Jersey Department of Health. NorthSTAR is a Agusta AW-139 medicvac-equipped helicopter piloted and maintained by the New Jersey State Police Aviation Unit. University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey are part of the flight crew – -UH-EMS Flight Paramedics and Flight Nurses provide advanced life support care while in air transit to speciality hospital centers. All University Hospital medical flight personnel are highly-experienced Air Life Support providers that have rigorous training in air-medical operations and advanced trauma life support. NorthSTAR also provides air support for search and rescue operations. It is based at Somerset Airport in Bedminster, Somerset County, New Jersey.

Flight planning, logistics, communications and the Landing Zone are  coordinated by U.S. ARMY Advanced Combat Medic [1970], Frank Shane – -Vietnam War Military Operating Speciality – MOS, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He also founded – M38A1JeepUS – a humanitarian military initiative that provides education, support and Post Traumatic Stress resources to veterans and their families. www.NJSP.org  www.M38A1Jeep.us @M38A1Jeep

Huey UH-1 medevac and combat helicopters served during the Vietnam War. 7,013 were deployed and 3,305 were destroyed. In total, 1,074 Huey Pilots were killed, along with 1,103 flight crews with combat medics. According to Frank Shane, U.S. ARMY Advanced Combat Medic [1970], “During the Vietnam War, the pulsating sound of in-coming Huey chopper rotor blades let ground soldiers know that rescue and medical care was approaching to save the wounded soldiers.” After talking with New Jersey State Police NorthSTAR pilots, Shane said, “Uniformed services like some of the New Jersey State Police are military veterans.” The Frankford Volunteer Fire Department provide fire, safety and landing zone assistance. 

Frank Shane [U.S. ARMY Medical Corps – Fort Sam Houston 1970] on the AW-139 NorthSTAR with a future veteran wearing a 1968 Vietnam UH-1 Combat Gentex Helmut. The NJSP flight and landing zone logistics were coordinated by M38A1Jeep.us  Photo: Carlos Varon

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About New Jersey State Police Aviation Unit:
The New Jersey State Police NorthSTAR operates a fleet of five Agusta Westland AW-139 medevac helicopters. They are piloted and maintained by the NJSP Aviation Unit, along with a UH-EMS flight paramedic and flight nurse who provide advanced life support care while in transit to specialty hospitals. The state-of-the-art multi-million dollar aircraft are powered by twin Pratt & Whitney turbo shaft engines and are outfitted with forward looking infrared cameras, aerial hoist equipment, a nightsun searchlight, state of the art avionics systems and multiple radios allowing the NorthSTAR pilots and crew to communicate with EMS, hospital trauma centers, fire & police and emergency agencies throughout the state. @NewJerseyStatePolice  www.NJSP.org

About M38A1 Jeep United States:
M38A1 Jeep United States – a humanitarian initiative providing education, support and PTSD resources to veterans and families. Post Traumatic Stress, the invisible wounds of war  . . .  for many veterans the battle of PTS begins when returning home from the battlefield. Unlike physical wounds, these wounds don’t bleed. They remain invisible and unseen to other service members, to family members, and to their community. All these conditions affect mood, thoughts, and behavior; yet these psychological wounds often go unrecognized and unacknowledged.  www.M38A1Jeep.us @M38A1Jeep

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