This Never Happened - Air Force PJ Rescues Russians with Brandon Daugherty | Mike Drop Clip

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What does a classified MI-8 Helicopter, a snowy mountain range in Afghanistan, and a burnt and frozen Russian pilot all have in common? The answer's classified, but fortunately we've got a PJ to fill in the blanks. Air Force Pararescueman Brandon Daugherty recalls an odd deployment story of a missing helicopter gone wrong in this exclusive clip from Episode #182 of the Mike Drop Podcast.
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[@wizzardofpaws2420]

It's unreal how PJs are top tier operators yet you rarely see anyone talk about them and their service.

[@Twan911]

Exactly how they like it

[@michaelachilleslivingston2770]

A lot of that is by preference. Quiet professional has a significant meaning to PJs as well as CCT. That and there are only ruffly about 500 PJs.that is about 25% of the Navy Seals. Most seals don't like public either. I am glad they do. Especially, Mike. His podcast and guest are all the Ace of Spades.😊

[@MichaelJrCortes]

They are professionals. Not best sellers, I mean Navy Seals haha 😂

[@mikeglynn5824]

These things we do that others may live

[@shawnbuxton4618]

Its because they are chair force😂. Shots fired😂

[@aeromtb2468]

“weird state dept thing” merch it.

[@Chris-pd7lg]

This is real. I worked as medic with Department of State Contracts under a International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INLA) contract, in Afghanistan doing Poppy Eradication and Counter Narcotics. The group was generally made up of a expat team lead, comms and medic along with about 50 ANA or AP's. We would be inserted by MI 8's usually flown by Ukrainian pilots to go after refiners of poppy. Most of missions were southern Afghanistan near Lashkar Gah and Kandahar which was primarily a British AO when I was there.

[@BobMuffin-dt8jp]

Dang dude how did the locals treat you ?

[@AllisterCaine]

How did the Taliban taking power affect the opium trade/heroin production? Didn't they abolish the crop in the past? Are they able to enforce it? Are they even relevant now that Chinese fentanyl or even nitazene derivates have taken hold? Lots of questions, I know you maybe aren't even able to talk about it, but I wrote my finals about med/substance abuse when qualifying for the pharmacy- even though I left the field I am still interested in it and you seem to be the guy with some interesting answers.

[@JohnDoe69986]

On The Team House podcast there was a CIA Air Branch officer who said they had mi-8's in their inventory mainly because the afghans dont have the same reaction to mi8's that they do to American choppers.

[@lowandslow3939]

That would explain everything. Thanks for that.

[@dmacarthur5356]

They have the MI8 they used in Afghanistan at the CIA museum at Langley VA.

[@Bigman-fh1fz]

Nah it was mostly for deniability

[@iakazul]

Thank you for sharing a disavowed mission

[@TiesOfZip]

Omg bro. Pjs are bad as hell, but that shit is crazy.

[@Glrsteve]

Rescues? More like recovery lol

[@JP-tg6lr]

My favorite clip so far!

[@ultimatetrex1999]

There used to be mi-17’s down at rucker, they got phased out before I got there…. Wish I go to see them

[@patallen5095]

The back story on this sounds very interesting!! Russian pilots in Afghanistan contracting to the State Department?? Great plot for conspiracy theorists!!! Thanks Mike!

[@JohnDoe69986]

It's probably not too crazy. I listened to a podcast with a Cia Air Branch guy who said they have mi8's in their inventory that they used especially in Afghanistan to throw off the taliban

[@Chris-pd7lg]

DOS Airwing the pilots where Ukrainian.

[@aaronthompson192]

There were Russians and Ukrainians flying cargo to FOBs in mi-8s as contractors. I didn't interact with them but our combat controller said they were usually drunk.

[@mikska]

@@aaronthompson192the damn stereotyping again, I’ll bet you $100 if you go and spend a day walking around Moscow you will not see a single drunk Russian.

[@julianraiders1112]

@@mikska lol not now they are all at the front

[@infidel14825]

You never hear about PJs because unlike SEALS, they don’t write a book after every mission or try to get a movie deal.

[@ultimatetrex1999]

Also heard of Russian contractors in Afghan

[@richardmendoza738]

Big meat sandwich????!?!?!?!?!? 😂😂😂😂

[@CRUELJEST]

I'm waiting for the moment when the Afghans begin to tell how they fought against the Americans. It would be interesting to see the war from their side. Perhaps this is already happening, but I have not been able to see this.

[@R.R.in-Cali]

Why would our military leaders send such important rescue people on a recovery mission

[@croboy751]

Possibly for intel

[@l3joint]

M14 ebr ❤

[@MarineScoutSniper]

Was it the craziest thing you ever saw?😂

[@spawntez]

Hilarious, another one of those, "this never happened war-stories." Great bar chatter though.

[@Last_Chance.]

MERICA

[@jimmyconway8025]

Shady indeed

[@kinch613]

If it NEVER happened then this Airman shouldnt nor therefore COULDNT be “ written up”! Thats my defense.

[@ensporium8857]

🇺🇲🦅

[@richardstrobbe8890]

3 minute story told in 12 minutes

[@RV_Chef_Life]

I would bet they were gun running

[@DoIoannToKnow]

I bet the afghans laughed at all the charred, mangled American bodies too

[@regtimmins1944]

I'm sorry but this gentleman and I use the term loesly for a number of reasons first and foremost he starts with a major breach of security related to the operation second he Hollywood's his portrayal of the opp thirdly he threw his team and Comand under the bus buy crying about his right up clearly by his comments about the hole operation he was low man on the team if he was first man on the ground his primary function was to provide security his story was Al over the place he went from half the team went two different derection he stated him and a buddy free climbing up the mountain then it turns that three went up to surch the crash site were they found the pilot then two bodies were found below and him and his buddy's recovered the pilots body yet he made no mention how the remains were moved below to the rest of his team for recovery he proceeded to explain how the remains were hoisted up yet he was tasked with providing security with a weapon on the high ground but besides his brech of security with the whole opp then his Hollywood script he breach the biggest insult of all with as he stated in his own words regardless of the country in battle and I enfisize all remains are treated with respect and dignity that they so rightly deserve so I say to you and your glorified Hollywood script if you were on security as you claim you were first man out and last man out and your sole purpose was to provide security nothing more nothing less and if you were written up I think it speaks volumes about your ability as a soldier as a whole and I am willing to bet your career came to a screeching halt following this so called opp if not for outher reasons

[@kinch613]

How about a period or a comma. Nothing wrong with his story.

[@chaosncheckt9356]

@@kinch613 Grammar and spelling check as well.

[@chaosncheckt9356]

Total BS story. His alleged sequence of events is confusing. If this guy was an actual PJ, he at some point in his career signed a DNF - of which he has just violated. Now how exactly did the US State Department know about his helicopter and the general vicinity of where it crashed? The thing about "stories" is when the speaker is talking from actual experience, the story normally comes out organized and in sequence. You fabricate/lie/etc., the story is jumbled (as in this case). The easy check is stop the story teller at some point and ask him to repeat a particular portion of the story. If it stays true to their original comments it's probably pretty close to the truth, if it doesn't it is probably made up. You know it's all BS when he tells you he started ditching his kit.

[@Cholby217]

Always one comment like this

[@AllisterCaine]

That's BS. Nobody is able to tell the same story to a 100 percent accuracy time and time again. That is why eyewitnesses are not as accurate as we'd like.

[@ultimatetrex1999]

Dude there definitely were Russian contractors in afghan.

[@kwp973]

​@@Cholby217alwaysssss...😂 He's might be 1 of the Russian pilots😭😭😭

[@Joe-xm3fm]

This is very bad

[@richardmendoza738]

Sure is