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US Air National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Amy M. Lovgren
When US military personnel are stuck in harm s way, it s often the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency that gets them home.
JPRA is the Pentagon s clearinghouse for personnel-recovery operations and provides specialized training for troops who go into high-risk situations.
On the night of March 21, 2011, a US F-15E fight jet crashed in Libya while participating in Operation Odyssey Dawn, the air campaign against Col. Muammar Gaddafi s regime.
The pilot and weapons officer managed to eject but were stranded in enemy territory. Within just a few hours, friendly forces had recovered both.