Shadow Dustoff

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Staff

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford Jr./Released)

On Monday, we’ll publish the story on our nearly month long embed with Shadow Dustoff in Kandahar during the start of Operation Dragon Strike – here is an outtake from the edit.

U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, near COB Terra Nova, Arghandab valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, carry an ANA soldier who was wounded on patrol to a “Shadow Dustoff” helicopter, September 18th, 2010. The soldier was a double amputee from a pressure plate IED.