Wing rescue Airmen retrieve ill soldier from African outpost

A KC-135 crew from RAF Mildenhall made a quick mission to Africa this month to rescue an ill U.S. soldier in Monrovia, Liberia. From left to right, Airman 1st Class Carl Flint, Airman 1st Class Joshua Wainwright, Staff Sgt. Robert LeFors, Capt. Dave Garon, Capt. Greg Miller and Tech. Sgt. Jason Resler.


Wing rescue Airmen retrieve ill soldier from African outpost
By Bryan Mitchell, Stars and Stripes
UK weekly edition, Wednesday, January 30, 2008

RAF MILDENHALL - International flying clearances, joint military collaborations, two committed aircrews and one terribly ill soldier.

Just another day for the 100th Air Refueling Wing. Well, almost.

Capts. Dave Garon and Gregory Miller were relaxing after a scheduled air refueling mission on Jan. 19 when they got called up for an unusual mission.

A 52-year-old soldier serving with a contingent of Marines in the West African nation of Liberia was suffering from severe liver problems. He was in dire need of immediate medical care not available in the tiny, impoverished nation.

“This is not normally a mission that we are doing, but it’s an emerging thing that we are capable of doing,” Garon said last week.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=144&article=52023

Was this the one that Bush didn't want rescued?