Sikorsky MH-53J Pave Low III Desert Storm CSAR mission

6:05 a.m. 160 miles inside Iraq, 30 miles from Baghdad: Lts. Devon Jones and Larry Slade bail out of their U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat when it is struck by an Iraqi SA-2 missile. 8:00 a.m. Arar Airfield, Saudi Arabia: USAF 20th Special Operations Squadron Capt. Tom Trask, Maj. Mike Homan and crew take off in dense fog in an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter en route to the crash site. 8:15 a.m. Iraqi border: Capt. Trask and Maj. Homan drop their helicopter to a flight altitude of 15 feet to avoid enemy radar and proceed to the crash site. 8:50 a.m. Crash site vicinity, Iraq: An enemy fighter appears, then retreats when two USAF F-15 Eagles pick the fighter up on their radar. Capt. Trask, Maj. Homan and crew join the search and rescue team and begin their search for Lts. Jones and Slade. 10:30 a.m. Unknown to the team, Lt. Slade is captured. (He is not released until March 4, 1991.) Arar Airfield, Saudi Arabia: The MH-53J crew is unable to locate the downed F-14 crew and