What is the average time it takes to transport a wounded soldier back to the United States? Why does it take longer to get a soldier home than it would to just fly to a war zone in a plane?

It takes about 3-4 days to take a wounded soldier back to the united states depending on the state of the soldier which depends on how fast they can take it and the type of plane that they're flying with the conditions they are flying are also factors. Depending on the route, avoiding war zones when they fly home won't always be a straight path back home. It takes longer because of some injuries, such as back injuries, you can only have so much movement from the plane, and too much movement could cause harm to the injured, such as being paralyzed.

because this was the year that the state of israel was formed