<Tr> <Th> Relations </Th> <Td> Lisa Durant Lorrie Durant (1st wife) Joey Durant (son) Taylor Durant (daughter) </Td> </Tr> <P> Michael J. "Mike" Durant (born July 23, 1961) is an American pilot and author . He was a member of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers) as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 . He retired from the Army as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 Blackhawk helicopter Master Aviator in the 160th SOAR after participating in combat operations Prime Chance, Just Cause, and Desert Storm, and also Gothic Serpent, in which he was briefly held prisoner in 1993 after a raid in Somalia . His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, three Air Medals, Prisoner of War Medal, and many others . </P> <P> Born in Berlin, New Hampshire, the son of Leon and Louise Durant, he entered the U.S. Army in August 1979 . Following basic training, he attended the Defense Language Institute, and was then assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Group at Fort Clayton in Panama as a Spanish voice intercept operator . He then completed helicopter flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama . During flight school, he flew the TH - 55 trainer and UH - 1 helicopters . </P> <P> Upon appointment to Warrant Officer 1 in November 1983, he completed the UH - 60 Blackhawk Aviators Qualification Course and was assigned to the 377th Medical Evacuation Company in Seoul, South Korea . By the time he was 24, he had flown more than 150 medevac missions in the UH - 1 and UH - 60 . After 18 months, he moved to the 101st (Division) Aviation Battalion at Fort Campbell, Kentucky . As a Chief Warrant Officer 2, he attended the instructor pilot course and flew air assault missions in the UH - 60 . Durant joined the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) on August 1, 1988 . Assigned to D Company, he performed duties as Flight Lead and Standardization Instructor Pilot . He participated in combat operations Prime Chance; Just Cause; and Operation Desert Storm, where he was the first U.S. helicopter pilot to shoot at a SCUD missile launcher . </P>

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