bigwheelzip
Absent Comrade
Read about an Air Force commendation for the heroic work five years ago, of some members of the NY Air National Guard who were stationed at a small airfield near my former home.
After a shipboard explosion and fire, foreign merchant seamen were critically injured and dying in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Emergency medical care was necessary if they were going to survive, but being1500 miles from shore meant medevac was beyond reach.
Beyond the scope of any rescue mission they'd ever conceived, an all-volunteer group of Air Force specialists pulled together at a moments notice, and bet their lives on their training.
Courage and perseverance would see this hastily gathered group hurl themselves off a plane, in the dark, at low altitude, into heavy seas, without any possibility of help if anything went wrong. "That others may live".
106th Rescue Wing MV Tamar Pararescue (PJ) Heroism Awards, June 5, 2022 - YouTube
US Air Force PJs honored for daring 2017 ocean rescue mission
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After a shipboard explosion and fire, foreign merchant seamen were critically injured and dying in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Emergency medical care was necessary if they were going to survive, but being1500 miles from shore meant medevac was beyond reach.
Beyond the scope of any rescue mission they'd ever conceived, an all-volunteer group of Air Force specialists pulled together at a moments notice, and bet their lives on their training.
Courage and perseverance would see this hastily gathered group hurl themselves off a plane, in the dark, at low altitude, into heavy seas, without any possibility of help if anything went wrong. "That others may live".
106th Rescue Wing MV Tamar Pararescue (PJ) Heroism Awards, June 5, 2022 - YouTube
US Air Force PJs honored for daring 2017 ocean rescue mission
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