COL Enrique (Rick) Ortiz Jr.Greetings DUSTOFF Family! This article marks a bittersweet milestone – this will be my last DUSTOFFer article as the 67J Consultant. My greatest reflection is that it has truly been a distinct honor to serve our 67J Dustoff community over the last four years. What I learned in my tenure is …
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October 8, 1947 – November 15, 2020Eastover, South Carolina – Edward Talmadge Chisenhall, Jr. was granted eternal peace on Sunday, November 15, 2020 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born October 8, 1947 in Columbia, S.C., he was a son of the late Edward Talmadge Chisenhall and Edith Ester Clary Chisenhall. Tam, as he …
God does not subtract from man’s allotted time the hours spent while flying, but He exacts harsh penalties for those who do not learn to land properly. The difference between fear and terror: fear is when your calculations show you may not have enough fuel to make it to your destination. Terror is when you …
I am certain most pilots have experienced strange things happening during their flying days, so let me share one of mine. In April of 1964, we took five Huey helicopters from Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Needles, California to support the largest military training exercise since WWII, something called “Operation Desert Strike.” The maneuver area …
MECCD Director—COL Steve BarnesGreetings from the Wiregrass to the entire Aeromedical Evacuation Enterprise at-large! First Up, allow me to thank each and every one of you in the DUSTOFF formation. What you do in support of your fellow Soldier in the noble mission of the MEDEVAC is vastly important and appreciated. Throughout this year, the …
LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (October 13, 2020) — A Lebanon County native who was killed in action in Vietnamwas remembered at a memorial service on Tuesday. Memorial Services for John and CWO Ronald K. Schulz(AC) and SGT Michael L. Darrah (CE) and SGT Hugo A. Gayton (MD) and PFC Ricky L. Pate (CM) and DUSTOFF 71. …
William Blanchard Durand, “Bill”, 83, of Severna Park, MD died on Friday, October 30 in Pasadena, MD. Born on July 29, 1937 in Rahway, NJ to the late Edwin M. and Genevieve L. Durand, Bill earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers University in 1960. He served in the U.S. Army as a Medevac …
Reprint from Jordan Times Thursday, July 17, 2003 BAGHDAD (AFP) — The largest ongoing US medevac operation since the Vietnam war is in full swing in Iraq as a company of Blackhawk helicopter pilots, crew chiefs and medics race across Iraqi skies — and against time — to bring aid to friend and foe. Fighting …
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Pilots Highlight Evolution of Army’s Sacred Medevac DutyJennifer Benitz, Assistant EditorThis article originally appeared in ARMY magazine, Vol. 69, No. 11, November 2019.Copyright 2019 by the Association of the United States Army, all rights reserved. From Korea and Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq, Army medical evacuation crews have gone above and beyond for wounded Soldiers …