The year ended with another great Jump Mission from the men at the 212 RQS
2 PJ's Parachuted from a C-130 to recuse a Cardiac arrest victim
Village of Mertarvik, 90mi west of Bethel and 5mi from the Bering Sea.
Loadmasters threw our Pt packing bundle rigged w/ a T-10 cargo and hit the PI.
Combined JMD and CSO release.
PJ's threw a disco ball to check winds and estimated a 25sec count. The CSO ran his software for the same run in heading and we went CSO release green light go.
Parachutes - Static Line Square aka RASL Ram Air Static Line
Exit alt - 3,000agl
Moderate winds. About 30kts from 3-1 thousand. Estimating 20kts on the surface
Bundle hit the Pi, J's landed on target. 2,000’ lit airstrip.
Took off around 1400hrs and jumped around 1900hrs.
Extracted by AKArmy Nat Guard 207th at 0930 hrs to Bethel.
Trans loaded to 211th Herc for medevac to Anchorage.
24hr mission.
PJ’s
MSgt Jeremy Maddamma
SSgt Jared Isaacson
