Black smoke billowed through the sky above a dilapidated building at Kabul International Airport as an Afghan man lay injured inside, his life resting in the hands of the Afghan national army air corps' response to the crisis.
The Airmen and Soldiers deployed to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team have a deployed life that is probably a bit different than many of their fellow service members.
Likened to a Swiss Army knife due to their versatility on the battlefield, Airmen of the 305th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron here with their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters have been carrying out their mission with life-saving success. Since March, rescue crews have performed medical evacuations for more than 300 coalition forces and Afghan nationals.
