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**omaculer** · 05-13-2012, 06:20 PM

A Kargil hero who is ready to fly again
G.P.S. Kaushik (43), a former Air Force pilot, when the Kargil war broke in May 1999, Kaushik, then in Srinagar, worked as rescue and operations head. Only Srinagar and Leh had airstrips from where defence aircraft could take off and land. Kaushik, in aircraft 33RNO (rescue and operations), had three main tasks to accomplish.
"We had to rescue our soldiers as fast as possible, map enemy positions and supply all possible support to the Indian army. It was challenging. But people like us wait for such assignments,” he told The Telegraph from his hospital bed at Apollo.
Obviously, manoeuvring the aircraft during a full-fledged war wasn’t easy.

“Exactly. Gunshots whiz around you. You never know when you’ll get hit. The enemy aims for craft’s fuel tank to make it explode. Casualties were massive on both sides. Rescue work is a very skilled job. Only films can recreate such scenes,” he grinned, minutes before being wheeled to the radiology department for tests.

05-13-2012, 06:20 PM	#7
omaculer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	A Kargil hero who is ready to fly again G.P.S. Kaushik (43), a former Air Force pilot, when the Kargil war broke in May 1999, Kaushik, then in Srinagar, worked as rescue and operations head. Only Srinagar and Leh had airstrips from where defence aircraft could take off and land. Kaushik, in aircraft 33RNO (rescue and operations), had three main tasks to accomplish. "We had to rescue our soldiers as fast as possible, map enemy positions and supply all possible support to the Indian army. It was challenging. But people like us wait for such assignments,” he told The Telegraph from his hospital bed at Apollo. Obviously, manoeuvring the aircraft during a full-fledged war wasn’t easy. “Exactly. Gunshots whiz around you. You never know when you’ll get hit. The enemy aims for craft’s fuel tank to make it explode. Casualties were massive on both sides. Rescue work is a very skilled job. Only films can recreate such scenes,” he grinned, minutes before being wheeled to the radiology department for tests.
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