PEDRO 15 recovery of wounded SEAL TEAM — Pilot Narrates the Mission

Pilot narrates the SEAL Team recovery of 9 Aug 2009. PEDRO Flight of 2 Air Force PAVEHAWKS launches from Kandahar, Afghanistan on an urgent CASEVAC mission. A SEAL team has kicked a Taliban hornets nest, and is now holed up in a destroyed compound, near Arghandab. They have several wounded. Three critical. Army DUSTOFF (UH-60) launches but gets waved off the LZ. The LZ is still hot when PEDRO arrives on scene. The PLAYERS: PEDRO 1 / 2: 2 x Air Force HH-60Gs JAGUAR: SEAL TEAM JTAC (LZ controller) HAWG: 4 x Air Force A-10s PJ: Air Force Pararescue med team, flying with PEDRO