By Skies Magazine | October 10, 2023 Estimated reading time 2 minutes, 18 seconds.
In Episode 24 of the Pilot Project Podcast, Greg Juurlink, who was recently posted to the Canadian Armed Forces Halifax Recruiting Centre, shares what it was like to deploy with the Canadian Helicopter Force Afghanistan (CHFA).
Juurlink has been a Tac Hel instructor, and deployed to fight in Afghanistan with CHFA early in his career — flying nearly 600 combat hours in many sorties.
What is it like when your door gunners engage the enemy, or to be shot at while flying in a firefight? What do you do when your helicopter gets shot up and you still have to make it to a safe place to land? Juurlink shares his adventures and his struggles in Afghanistan, plus much more, in this episode.
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