Four Army Aviation pilots conferred National Defence Bronze Medal for the daring mission on Nanga Parbat in 2018. SCREENGRAB/ISPR
France National Defence Bronze Medal was conferred on the Army Aviation pilots by Rear Admiral Didier Malterre, Commander of French Joint Force in the Indian Ocean, at a ceremony held at the Army Museum in Rawalpindi, according to the military’s media wing, the ISPR.
Lt-Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chief of General Staff (CGS) Pakistan Army, senior military officers, and officers from the Army Aviation attended the ceremony.
French climber saved on 'killer mountain' flies home
Medaille de la Defense nationale, or National Defence Medal, was created by Charles Hernu, French Minister for Defence and established by decree on April 21, 1982. It rewards particularly honourable service rendered by military personnel for their participation in operational activities. The medal has three levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze.
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The brave Army Aviation pilots had rescued French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol, who was stuck on Nanga Parbat, on the request of French Embassy in Islamabad in January 2018.
Climber recalls daring late-night rescue from Pakistan's killer mountain
The pilots had flown four Polish climbers, who were engaged in an expedition at the base camp of K2, in an Army Aviation helicopter to Nanga Parbat in order to rescue Elisabeth Revol and her fellow Polish climber Tomasz Mackiewicz in a dramatic rescue mission, winning accolades from both Paris and Warsaw.
Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth-highest mountain at 26,660 feet, has earned the moniker of “Killer Mountain” after more than 30 climbers died trying to scale it before the first successful summit in 1953.
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