Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz was shot while shielding his comrades from enemy fire as they worked to save an injured ...

The 737-700, registered as LN-RPJ, was converted into a medevac aircraft in June 2022 ... such as evacuation missions from Afghanistan. Most recently, SAS has deployed the 737-700 to pick up ...

“If I can’t shoot bad guys and get it over with, I’ll do the second best mission, which is MEDEVAC,” Cornell said. During his three tours in the deserts of Afghanistan with Charlie Company ...

He then did tours of duty in civil war-wracked Afghanistan, where his unit conducted ... concerned that it and the medevac team would be shot down, rendering his efforts in vain.