Response to a pandemic health crisis is usually multifaceted and involves various players, including government, private sector organisations, U.N. agencies, and non-governmental organisations.

As such, the rapid response requires aviation preparedness, planning, and continued logistics capacity development to minimise the impact of the medical disaster.

An overwhelming number of studies have shown that leading humanitarian action requires actors who are well-versed with business practices and supply chain management.

During serious health-related pandemics, it is likely that federal, state, and local response teams will request assistance from the military.

The wide range of capabilities, including communication equipment, transportation assets, and medical supplies, medical personnel make the military a useful branch to civil authorities during situations of a pandemic health crisis.

Particularly, the military help in disease surveillance, protecting and treating forces and dependants, offering an aeromedical transfer of patients, military-civilian cooperation in preventing and controlling a health crisis, ensuring adherence to the Set Laws and Regulations during pandemics, repartition of stranded citizens, and large-scale fumigation.