Posted on Jan 13, 2023
The Air Force's newest rescue helicopter just pulled off its first life-or-death save during a...
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The Air Force’s newest rescue helicopter performed its first save on a deployment late last month when it rescued two people in the area of operations overseen by the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, which includes several east African countries such as Djibouti, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Though a press release about the rescue did not give specifics about the date, the location, or whether the lives saved were U.S. military members, the service emphasized that the new aircraft and the highly-trained airmen aboard kept the wounded alive until they could reach more advanced medical care.
The Air Force's newest rescue helicopter just pulled off its first life-or-death save during a...
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..."“The scenarios that we’re most worried about are not the same as they once were,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters in March, according to Breaking Defense. “When we were doing counterinsurgencies, and we were losing pilots in those kinds of situations, the needs were different. The acts of aggression like we’re seeing in Europe, or we might see the Pacific … put us in a very different scenario.”
Don’t sleep on the 60W or its crews, though. Ronnau, the personnel recovery task force commander, emphasized that his airmen can punch their way into a fight, pick up a patient, and punch their way back out.
“The PRTF is specifically manned, trained, and equipped to rapidly respond to emergency battlefield situations to return American, allied and partner forces to friendly control,” he said. “While personnel may be behind enemy lines, or far from needed support, this team is equipped to travel great distances and fight their way in and out if necessary to make the mission happen.”
..."“The scenarios that we’re most worried about are not the same as they once were,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters in March, according to Breaking Defense. “When we were doing counterinsurgencies, and we were losing pilots in those kinds of situations, the needs were different. The acts of aggression like we’re seeing in Europe, or we might see the Pacific … put us in a very different scenario.”
Don’t sleep on the 60W or its crews, though. Ronnau, the personnel recovery task force commander, emphasized that his airmen can punch their way into a fight, pick up a patient, and punch their way back out.
“The PRTF is specifically manned, trained, and equipped to rapidly respond to emergency battlefield situations to return American, allied and partner forces to friendly control,” he said. “While personnel may be behind enemy lines, or far from needed support, this team is equipped to travel great distances and fight their way in and out if necessary to make the mission happen.”
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