Maintenance at KAF
October 1st, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
Cpl. Michael Garetz, a Marine Attack Squadron 513 ordnance technician and Comstock, Texas native, inspects flares loaded aboard one of the squadron”s AV-8B Harriers on the flight line at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 29. (Pfc. Sean Dennison/US Marine Corps)
Top Ten Lowest Flyovers
April 18th, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Alan Lessig
After seeing a video of the Air Force T-38 low flyover at the Iowa-Ohio State football game last November on our After Action blog I came across this “top 10″ video of low military flyovers. These all make clearing the scoreboard by 58 feet pale in comparison. These flyovers are nothing short of incredible and #3 made me duck under my keyboard while watching on my computer. Enjoy!
Blue Valentine
February 16th, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Riding the “Lighting Express,” via a Chinook on a ring route from Baghdad to Al Kut, Iraq just after sunset on Valentine’s Day.
Shadow Dustoff
October 15th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
On Monday, we’ll publish the story on our nearly month long embed with Shadow Dustoff in Kandahar during the start of Operation Dragon Strike – here is an outtake from the edit.
U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, near COB Terra Nova, Arghandab valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, carry an ANA soldier who was wounded on patrol to a “Shadow Dustoff” helicopter, September 18th, 2010. The soldier was a double amputee from a pressure plate IED.
Living history
October 8th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Maj. Gen. (ret.) John Alison, World War II Ace and co-commander of the 1st Air Commando Group, checks out the Flying Tiger jewelry on the shoulder of a female admirer at the Air Force Association’s annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, MD, on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Ninety seven years old and this gentleman is still the star attraction in a convention center full of Zoomies. Sweet.
E-muster
September 16th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Sailors muster on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise, CVN 65, as she makes her way towards Norfolk after a six-week cruise on Thursday, September 9, 2010. This was the first – and longest – cruise for many of the ship’s company as the Big E has been in the yards for two years. The Enterprise will be the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be decommissioned.
Riding Shotgun
September 10th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Spc. Nathan Webster, a door gunner on a B/6-101st Avn Rgt “chase” Blackhawk helicopter, scans the ground of a hot LZ in the Arghandab valley where a medievac picks up a wounded U.S. soldier.
Damage Inspector
September 9th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Back at Kandahar Airfield, C/6-101st Avn Rgt CW3 Robert Ware helps investigates a medievac helicopter after a mission where it received gunfire during multiple pickups in hot LZs. The bullet (hole can be seen on the lower left, circled) sent shrapnel flying into the crew cabin.
Over Arghandab
September 8th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A C/6-101st Avn Rgt medievac Blackhawk helicopter flies back to Kandahar Airfield hospital carrying a U.S. soldier who had been shot twice from a hot LZ in the Arghandab valley.
Air Ambo
September 5th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Miller (L), with C/6-101st Avn Rgt, keeps an eye on a Afghan man with a severe bullet wound to his lower leg, which had three tourniquets to stop the bleeding, on the way to the local hospital near Kandahar Airfield. Sometimes the team has detailed information about their patients, and sometimes, little to none at all.
