How about a bit of perspective!
Four pilots wounded by gunfire....that beats my Vietnam Helicopter Unit record...and that was a full fledged By God Shooting War!
We only had three pilots shot....and had fewer killed in crashes than has Bristow in Nigeria.
The unit operated sixteen Chinooks for nine years in Vietnam.
We have always been told it was far more dangerous driving to work than while flying the job.....guess that is almost true.
You don't have to make this stuff up....but sure wish you had to.