This C-17 crew fought near-zero visibility and broke diplomatic protocol to save a life. Now they’re up for awards
Oriana Pawlyk, Military.com
June 12, 2019 at 12:35 PM
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Air Force Capt. Forrest "Cal" Lampela was about to put the aircraft landing gear down in Shannon, Ireland, eight hours into a flight. If all had gone according to plan, he and his C-17 Globemaster III crew should have been more than halfway over the Atlantic.
He couldn't see the runway because of dense fog, catching a glimpse of it from only 100 feet above the ground — the absolute minimum altitude to which the large transport aircraft can descend before its pilot must either call for a landing or to abort approach.
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