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Special Response Teams (SRT) from the Transylvania County, Henderson County, and Buncombe County sheriff departments performed the manhunt after being airlifted by multiple Blackhawks from the 1st and 130th Aviation Brigade. The manhunt covered much of the Guion Farm/ Dupont Forest area in Hendersonville, NC.
“Getting our surrounding counties to work together and coordinating the different SRTs is important. I love that we are working with the (NC) National Guard because it lets us know what capabilities and assets we have on-hand,” says Chief Deputy Eddie Gunter of the Transylvania Sheriff department.
After the search, rescue and recovery of the pilots from the simulated downed aircraft, Lt Col Jack Midyette briefed the SRT teams on the possible suspects and the intelligence received from the joint C2 cell working with the integrated Emergency Management teams. The SRTs were instructed on aircraft (helicopter) movement and insertion procedures.
Deputy Justin Hartline of the Henderson County Sheriff Department said, “There are a lot of different moving parts but nothing ever goes as planned. The more we practice, the better we are when it is the real deal, this is why this type of training is important.”
The insertion and manhunt are ways to assist the different emergency response agencies to validate their teams for the year. This exercise is one of many exercises being held this week during Operation Vigilant Catamount.
“I could never have imagined the operation would have worked as well as it did because of all the different agencies that had to be coordinated with during the planning process but I feel today was a success,” says Major Andrew Lequick of the NCNG’s J37 plans section.
| Date Taken: | 06.09.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.10.2017 19:59 |
| Story ID: | 237211 |
| Location: | HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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