Re: Pakistan Army - We’re proud of you!
To back up what mad scientist was saying - note the part bolded in red.
65 helicopters fly 2000 hours to evacuate 11,000 from quake areas
During last two weeks since earthquake hit Azad Kashmir and NWFP, pilots of Army Aviation and others who joined to augment the relief and rescue effort has flown over 2000 hours in the rugged terrain to evacuate 11,000 injured to hospitals and carry out relief goods in forward areas. All 65 helicopters, mostly of Army Aviation, including 25 allied have flow 684 sorties to Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Rawlakot, Balakot and inaccessible areas of Azad Kashmir.
**On the day when earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Rawlakot, Mansehra, Balakot, Islamabad and surrounding areas at 8.52 a.m. in the morning, the first helicopter of the Army Aviation was airborne within 20 minutes. By mid day at 1 p.m. over 100 seriously injured persons in quake hit areas had been evacuated by the Army Aviation helicopters. **
In the first phase as many as 10 MI-17 helicopters undertook rescue operations and subsequently the Aviation effort was reinforced with more helicopters raising the total tale up to 31 helicopters. Later, 10 US, 4 German, 4 Afghan, 3 Japanese and 4 Ukrainian helicopters also joined the one of the world’s biggest rescue and relief efforts to make a total tally of 53. The lot of 65 helicopters which include Chinook, Black Hawk, CH-53, MH-53, PUMA, Bell 412, Seaking, UH-2H, UH-60, have flown for over 2000 hours to evacuate over 11000 seriously injured patients to the hospitals and carried tons of relief goods to the affected areas.