Medevac crew receives valor awards following harrowing rescue mission

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Medevac crew receives valor awards following harrowing rescue mission



By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 11, 2019

Under fire and carrying a badly wounded patient, the Black Hawk helicopter was just lifting off an Afghan battlefield when the crew chief saw an Army Ranger in the landing zone get shot and drop to the ground.

The Black Hawk darted back to evacuate the fallen Ranger.

Spc. Emmanuel Bynum, thinking quickly, directed the pilot to make an emergency landing on a dusty patch masked from most enemy fire. They still took fire — in all, about two dozen rounds to the helicopter, which would become nearly unflyable.

https://www.stripes.com/news/medevac-crew-receives-valor-awards-following-harrowing-rescue-mission-1.564052

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Medevac crew receives valor awards following harrowing rescue mission



By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 11, 2019

Under fire and carrying a badly wounded patient, the Black Hawk helicopter was just lifting off an Afghan battlefield when the crew chief saw an Army Ranger in the landing zone get shot and drop to the ground.

The Black Hawk darted back to evacuate the fallen Ranger.

Spc. Emmanuel Bynum, thinking quickly, directed the pilot to make an emergency landing on a dusty patch masked from most enemy fire. They still took fire — in all, about two dozen rounds to the helicopter, which would become nearly unflyable.

https://www.stripes.com/news/medevac-crew-receives-valor-awards-following-harrowing-rescue-mission-1.564052

Speaking as a former infantryman,I am thrilled to see the courage and efforts of these guys finally become recognized in pubic. Back in the VN days,it was common for them to be treated no different from the regular pilots and crew in their squadrons that ran mail delivery services and never heard a shot fired. It takes stones to just sit there and hover in a big-ass target right out in the open while everybody in the world is trying to shred you and the helicopter you are in with everything from AK's to RPG's.

I honestly can't say enough good things about them and am VERY happy to see them finally getting the recognition they deserve.