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U.S. Medics Brave Fire to Save Lives in Afghan War
Worsening hostilities on the ground mean more medevac flights to ferry the wounded.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE EDINBURGH, Afghanistan (AP) - With the spring fighting season under way in Helmand province in Afghanistan's volatile south, the medics, crew chiefs and pilots with the U.S. Army's "Dustoff" medevac unit expect a rising number of casualties. Coalition troops are seeing stepped-up attacks, the use of complex weapons systems like multiple-grenade launchers and the continuing plague of improvised explosive devices on the battlefield.
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, U.S. Army flight medic SGT Jaime Adame, right, and an unidentified United States Marine help Marine LCPL Chris Propst of South Carolina, center, who was wounded in an insurgent attack to a waiting medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a "hot" landing zone under fire north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, seriously wounded Marine CPL Andrew Smith is helped by a medic following an insurgent attack after arriving to hospital by medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, U.S. Army flight medic SGT Jaime Adame, top, cares for seriously wounded Marine CPL. Andrew Smith following an insurgent attack on board a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, U.S. Army flight medic SGT Jaime Adame, right, gives an injection for pain to United States Marine LCPL Chris Propst of South Carolina, who was wounded in an insurgent attack, onboard a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, U.S. Army flight crew chief SGT Robert Terrants, right, rushes with a litter as United States Marines carry colleague LCPL Jerome Hanley of Massachusetts, who was wounded in an insurgent attack to a waiting medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a "hot" landing zone under fire north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, United States Marines carry colleague LCPL Jerome Hanley of Massachusetts, who was wounded in an insurgent attack to a waiting medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a "hot" landing zone under fire north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Wednesday, May 11, 2011, United States Marines rush a wounded colleague, who was shot during an exchange of fire with insurgents, to a waiting medevac helicopter from the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a "hot" landing zone north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 8, 2011, US Marine Staff Sgt. Tony Palomo of Louisiana is flown to hospital on a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Forward Operating Base Edi, after being injured in an IED blast in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, a U.S. Navy combat critical care nurse cares for a wounded Afghan Army soldier who was suffering stab wounds on a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Forward Operating Base Edi, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this photo taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, U.S. Army flight medic SGT Jaime Adame, left, and crew chief SGT Robert Terrants, right, rush out of a medevac helicopter from the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment looking for wounded Marines at a "hot" landing zone that was under insurgent attack north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, US Army flight medic SGT Jaime Adame rushes into the dust out of a medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment looking for wounded Marines at a "hot" landing zone that was under insurgent attack north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Tuesday, May 10, 2011, US Army flight crew chief SPC. Jenny Martinez holds her weapon as she secures the area in dust kicked up by a Blackhawk helicopter from Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment while awaiting the evacuation of a United States Marine wounded in an IED strike near Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Tuesday, May 10, 2011, United States Marines run through dust kicked up by a Blackhawk helicopter from Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment as they rush a colleague wounded in an IED strike for evacuation near Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, US Army flight medic SGT Jaime Adame, left, and an unidentified United States Marine help Marine LCPL Chris Propst of South Carolina, center, who was wounded in an insurgent attack to a waiting medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment at a "hot" landing zone under fire north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, a seriously wounded Afghan Army soldier is helped by a medic following an insurgent attack after on board a medevac helicopter from the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Medevacs in the Afghan War
In this picture taken Sunday, May 15, 2011, seriously wounded Marine CPL Andrew Smith is helped by U.S. Navy medics following an insurgent attack after arriving to hospital by medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment north of Sangin, in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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