Mad Dogs Fly Hostage to Safety
LSA ANACONDA, BALAD, Iraq - Army aviators based here flew a repatriated hostage to safety somewhere in Iraq Sept. 21.
An aircrew from Company B, 1st Battalion 106th Aviation was diverted from a routine mission over Baghdad to pick up the woman, later identified as Fairuz Yamulky, a Canadian citizen who had been missing for 16 days.
Yamulky was picked up at an undisclosed location and flown to a military medical facility.
Co. B, known as the Mad Dogs, is a Chicago-based Illinois Army National Guard unit responsible for transporting personnel and supplies throughout Iraq.
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