Here are some shots from flying in western Afghanistan.
These are some shots, low level over between Herat and Farah.
Well, one is from Gardez. One of these pictures shows the air conditioning system...that little rubber fan on the dash. I think it's rubber so we don't hurt ourselves...like sticking a finger in there just to see what happens. This particular cockpit even had switches in english! Along with some other really cool features...like the gun sight for rockets (that we don't have) and a bombing computer and bomb sight. Um....bombs off of a helicopter? And tan velour seat cushions...with a nice floral pattern stitched in them.
This is a nice juxtaposition ... an Afghan FE (that's a flight engineer) and our American FE. The US Air Force only sent us one FE. He is just a tiny bit overworked but I think he's handling it okay...just look at him. The icy stare of a stone cold killer. It's clear that keeping us (the pilots) out of trouble hasn't had any ill effect on his nerves. He's perfectly fine.
Rhamatula in the picture above...and Mai Tai below.
Mai Tai has been cleaning his pistol...a lot lately. I think it's good that he's being so thorough. He talks to himself while he's cleaning. It doesn't make sense so I don't listen to him.
This pictures reminds me of something....but I can't quite put my finger on it....
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