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KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFPN) -- A CV-22 Osprey assigned to the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland AFB participated in the aircraft's first search and recovery mission, responding to the fatal crash of a medical aircraft in the mountains of southern Colorado. Airport officials lost contact with the Arizona-based Beechcraft King Air airplane at 11:22 p.m. on Oct. 4 as the air ambulance headed toward San Luis Regional Medical Center while responding to a medical call. At about 9:15 a.m. Oct. 5, the Air Force Rescue Center contacted Kirtland Air Force Base with a call to help at...

WARLORDS perform first aid in air By LTj.g. Shaun Lynch HSL 51 Public Affairs This past Friday the 13th started out no differently than any other day for nine crewmen from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 51 (HSL 51) as they departed NAF to attend training in San Diego. What they couldn’t know was that, before the end of this most notorious day of the year, their spirit and military training would be put to the test. Approximately three hours into their flight, Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 1st Class (AW1) Ed Lyon observed a Japanese citizen collapse while standing in the...