Monday, February 13, 2012

Soldier's death sparks debate over arming medevacs (AP)

 

In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 photo, a crew member of a U.S. medevac helicopter is hoisted into the aircraft during a demonstrate how they evacuate patients from the battlefield outside of the U.S. Bagram air field north of Kabul, Afghanistan. About 20 U.S. lawmakers have written to military officials inquiring about a Sept. 18, 2011 incident, when it took a medevac unit 59 minutes to get U.S. Army Spec. Chazray Clark, a 24-year-old combat engineer from Detroit, to a hospital in southern Afghanistan after receiving a call that a roadside bombing severed three of his limbs. Clark did not survive. The incident has revived a debate over whether medevac helicopters should have their own guns. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - It took a medevac unit 59 minutes to get U.S. Army Spec. Chazray Clark to a hospital in southern Afghanistan after receiving a call that a roadside bombing severed three of his limbs. Clark did not survive.

Soldier's death sparks debate over arming medevacs (AP)
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:17:38 GMT

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