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Person and then to come out. this mission here medevac has the p.j. s flying on board the h.h. 60 s, arriving on scene and getting a turnover from the ground force medic that initially treated his wounded, taking the wounded and putting it on the helicopter, providing in flight care and get him to a hospital to follow and care to get him home to his family or back in the fight. absolutely amazing. i ve watched it. we ve been riding along with them today, gretchen and with just a little special something right here because it s fox & friends and early in the morning. robert, you got some special thank yous. i do. first of all, i want to thank all the families of all the troops that we have here in the theater because obviously without their support we couldn t make this mission happen. and for me come on. for me i d like to thank my wife rachel and my daughter celebrating her first birthday tomorrow. gretchen, it s remarkable tribute to what we ve produced in america. the ....
With the pedros, a u.s. air force rescue squadron that medevaced six marines today alone joins us now from the province. good morning to you, colonel. gretchen, what you ve just seen happen behind me is they re scrambling now for another medevac. they ve pulled out and saved the lives of nine, the pedros are absolutely remarkable. i ve got standing beside me major robert lindblum, the operations officer. tell us the story of how they got to be called the pedros. it dates back to the first rescue unit from vietnam flying huskies in 1964. we like to uphold that tradition here. they re remarkable. they re not just aviators. they re also the pararescue. standing by me, major united states air force. tell us what a p.j. is. they re rescue specialists trained in any way to infield to get to the site where the wounded are, to be resourceful on the ground and solve the problem, to treat the wounded ....