Rescue flight makes second save in nine days Published Oct. 18, 2004 FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- The 36th Rescue Flight here made its second save in nine days with the rescue of an injured survival student Oct. 11.The student, a lieutenant, was doing night navigation training in the Colville National Forest when he tripped, fell and lost consciousness.The instructors immediately called the Tacoma Command Post, the operations center for their off-base training location, and notified them of the situation at 8:25 p.m.We walked about a kilometer [0.62 miles] up the mountain to the site, while the crew got in the air, said Tech. Sgt. William Mehm, a survival medic with the 336th Training Support Squadron.When Sergeant Mehm arrived on scene, the survival instructors already had the student stabilized and were keeping him warm by a fire.The instructors secured a landing zone for the helo, cut a lane from the site to the LZ so we could transport the patient and even assisted in carrying about 200 pounds of medical gear, he said.The crew, using night-vision goggles, was at the site and had the student on the litter by 10 p.m., said Maj. William Franklin, a UH-1N Huey pilot for the flight.They took him to a medical center in Spokane, where he is recovering.Joining Major Franklin and Sergeant Mehm on the mission were co-pilot 1st Lt. Michael Volkerding and flight engineer Senior Airman James Kempfer. Air Mobility Command News Service is a service of the Internal Division Office of Public Affairs 503 Ward Drive, Room 214 Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 62225-5335 618-229-7821