Dustoff 7-3: Saving Lives under Fire in Afghanistan

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This book is for heroes. Dustoff 7-3 tells the actual story of four unlikely heroes in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, where medics are forced to descend on wires to succeed in the wounded and helicopter pilots will have to fight wind, weather, and enemy fire to pluck casualties from one of the world’s most difficult combat arenas. Complete opposites thrown together, bring to a halt, and outnumbered, Chief Warrant Officer Erik Sabiston and his flight crew answered the call in a race against time, to not take lives—but to save them. The concept that of evacuating wounded soldiers by helicopter developed in the Korean War and became a staple throughout the war in Vietnam where heroic, unarmed chopper crews flew vital missions known to the grateful grunts at the ground as Dustoffs. The crew of Dustoff 7-3 carried on that heroic tradition, flying over a region that had seen scores of American casualties, known among veterans as the Valley of Death. On the end of Operation Hammer Down, they had rescued 14 soldiers, made three critical supply runs, recovered two soldiers killed in action, and nearly died. It took all of three days.

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