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Apache Pilots Save Comrades in Daring Rescue.
Teledjol.com - Tuesday July 03, 2007
They recognized the call sign; they recognized the area; and a few minutes later, they were en route to perform what would become a heroic rescue.
Apache Pilots Save Comrades in Daring RescueBy Cpl. Benjamin Cossel, USA Special to American Forces Press Service CAMP TAJI, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2004 – For two AH-64D Apache Longbow pilots, the night of Oct. 16 was just a regular night flying a reconnaissance mission around southern Baghdad. c They recognized the call sign; they recognized the area; and a few minutes later, they were en route to perform what would become a heroic rescue. "I really couldn't make out at first what was going on. The transmission over the radio was broken up and weak, but I could make out that it was a distress call," said Lodi, Calif., native Army Chief Warrant Officer Justin Taylor, an Apache pilot with Company C, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, of the 4th Brigade Combat Team. At first, the transmission seemed as though it might be coming from a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft. The call sign of another aircraft speaking to the downed pilot was of Marine Corps designation, Taylor said. He radioed to Marine Corps headquarters asking if any aircraft of theirs was down in the area. The response came back -- negative.
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