Posted: Aug 5, 2010 7:25 AM by Bea Karnes, News First 5
Updated: Aug 5, 2010 7:26 AM
U.S. Army helicopters have flown their first relief missions in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest.
An Associated Press reporter saw four U.S. Chinooks evacuating hundreds of people stranded for days in a mountain town in the upper reaches of the Swat Valley.
A U.S. Embassy spokesman said Thursday the choppers had flown 12 sorties.