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To: RtWngr

you win......God, I love these guys!!!


21 posted on 11/19/2004 10:38:12 AM PST by mystery-ak (Please pray for Maj Tammy Duckworth)
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To: mystery-ak
They're the best.

The most haunting and memorable image I have from Iraq so far are the Marine Chinook dustoffs, dropping off (lightly) wounded at night, in blackout conditions. They'll stay on the pad for 10 or so minutes completely obscured by the dust clouds. They'll then lift off, one by one, hover above the dust cloud until the others are airborne, then move out in a line formation. To see that in near total darkness is surreal. It's like a scene from some science fiction movie. Their flying skills are without comparison; like a precision flying team. Which I guess is what they are.

37 posted on 11/19/2004 11:00:24 AM PST by Justa (Politically Correct is morally wrong.)
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