Helicopter Heroism Award Nominations
| Air Transport Europe Ltd. Rescuing Four Amid Avalanches | 0 votes vote for this nominee |
| The High Tatras - 24.6.2008 | |
| The mission was performed at Mala Studena Dolina Valley under the Priecne Sedlo Saddle. After a rocky avalanche, screaming and calls for help could be heard. Four persons were injured, one of them very severely. The helicopter immediately took off and the doctor got to the injured persons on the steep slope by hoist. There he found a four-member family and the most severely injured person was the father of the family. It was necessary to act very quickly, so the doctor started the intubation.... read more | |
| 2008 Mission: CCO 3/238 GSAB 2008 Mission: CCO 3/238 GSAB | 0 votes vote for this nominee |
| near MT Washington - Jackson NH - 10 February 2008 | |
| Members of the NH National Guard received a call from the NH Fish and Game to assist in the search of two missing hikers in the area of MT Washington. The crew took off in their UH-60 Blackhawk from their home station in Concord NH. After receiving coordinating instructions, they started their search. Severe weather consisting of freezing rain, snow and wind gusts up to 96 MPH hampered their first attempt. They were called back to the area by Fish and Game and found the two hikers that were now... read more | |
| Hungarian Defence Forces 86. Szolnok Helicopter Base 2008 Mission: Hungarian Defense Forces | 0 votes vote for this nominee |
| Torokszentmiklos N 30km - 31. 01. 2008. | |
| At this day major Zsolt Remzso was performing a temporary helicopter landing point information service duty, supporting the training of his helicopter base. An MI-8 helicopter formation (two helicopters)was practicing aproaching and landing, at night. At 18:31 during the fourth approaching the lead helicopter in the landing maneuvre rolled in, turned over, totally destroyed and started to burn. The Major risked his life, running to the burning helicopter to bring away the two seriously injured... read more | |
| Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Fighting Back a South Florida Wildfire | 0 votes vote for this nominee |
| Miami-Dade County, Florida - April 28, 2008 | |
| At approximately 12:33 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue was dispatched on a major wildland fire.The wildland fire grew to a fifth alarm fire that threatened a correctional facility. Air Rescue 3 performed about 135 air drops and Air Rescue 1 performed about 50. Both units work with operational units in stopping this fire from engulfing the correctional facility. The crews skillfully assisted in getting this fire under control and the correctional facilty was saved. Commander Diaz, Copilot... read more | |
| Huntington Beach PD Saving a Choking Baby When Ground Units Are Delayed | 1 votes vote for this nominee |
| Huntington Beach CA - July 11, 2008 | |
| Emergency units were called to the scene of a choking baby. Heavy construction in the area delayed the response of units on the ground. The baby was turning blue from lack of oxygen, so the Huntington Beach Police helicopter crew landed in a confined area, therefore providing immediate first aid and saving the child's life. They were able to arrive 4 minutes prior to any other first responders.... read more | |
| C Co, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Multi-National Corps-Iraq First Combat Medic Badges Awarded to Flight Medics | 1 votes vote for this nominee |
| Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq - 28 July 2008 | |
These seven U.S. Army flight medics, along with SPC Stacey Dill, all assigned to Co. C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, received the first Combat Medic Badges (CMB) awarded to medical evacuation crews for their actions during combat operations in northern Iraq while flying in support of Task Force Iron, 1st Armored Division. The seven awardees are based out of Fort Riley, Kan. and deployed to Iraq with the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division during... read more | |
| US Coast Guard 2008 Alaska Ranger - One of the Largest Coldwater Rescues in Modern History | 0 votes vote for this nominee |
| Bering Sea; 120nm west of Dutch Harbor, AK - 23 March 2008 | |
| At 0300 on 23 March 2008, the F/V ALASKA RANGER, a 192-foot factory trawler, broadcasted a distress call reporting that it had lost its rudder and was taking on water in the Bering Sea 120 NM west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The crew of CGNR 6007, forward deployed to remote St. Paul Island, was alerted and launched immediately encountering poor visibility, 30-knot winds and low ceilings for the 200 NM transit to the last known position of the F/V ALASKA RANGER. While en route, LT McLaughlin and LT... read more | |
| Maryland State Police Aviation Command Swiftwater Rescue in a Tight Urban Environment | 0 votes vote for this nominee |
| Bethesda, Maryland - 23 December 2008 | |
| Mr. James S. MacKay, II and Sergeant Nathan H. Wheelock Maryland State Police Aviation Command “Trooper 2” On December 23, 2008, at 8:15 am “Trooper 2”, crewed by pilot Jim MacKay and Trooper/Flight Paramedic Sergeant Nate Wheelock, was dispatched from its hangar at Andrews Air Force Base to the vicinity of River Road, Bethesda, Maryland. A catastrophic break in a 66-inch water main, causing 150,000 gallons of water a minute to flow down a steep road, trapped at least seven... read more | |
| United States Forest Service Posthumous Nomination - Jim Ramage | 0 votes vote for this nominee |
| Shasta Trinity Forest - August 8th 2008 | |
On August 8th a Sikorsky S61 helicopter owned by Carson Helicopters carrying 11 fire fighters and two crew crashed in Shasta Trinity Forest after several practice drops. The crash is still under investigation. Jim was the Forest Service Check Pilot and they had finished working for the day. The helicopter was returning when it crashed. Of the four survivors, one stated that he owed his life to Jim. He reported that immediately after the helicopter lifted Jim recognized that... read more | |
