Mike Corey (Host)
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And Attucks is not one to exaggerate.
Lefevre looks at his comms officer.
Call in another crew.
We need to launch the third helicopter as backup.
Lefevre strides from the operations center out to the main hangar to make sure ground crews are readying the third helicopter.
The base only has three, and it's common for one of them to be down for maintenance at any given time.
He's gratified to see tonight they've gotten lucky.
The third H-60 Jayhawk is up and she's running.
When he returns to the operations center, he finds the comms officer looking at him.
Sir, I've got that third crew picked out.
Good.
Who's in it?
Lieutenant Steve Torpey, Petty Officer Mike Fish, Petty Officer Fred Kalt.
The comms officer hesitates.
And you, sir?
Me?
There's no one else left.
Lefevre feels his blood run cold.
As commanding officer, it's been years since he's flown a rescue mission himself.
His only flight experience in Alaska has been on patrols and training exercises.