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.
Any Landing You Can Walk Away From…
July 28th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
It’s been a tough week for coalition aircraft, with a pair of crashes, including a spectacular one by Canadian Forces pilot Capt. Brian Bews, above, who was able to eject and parachute to safety just moments before his CF-18 fighter jet crashed and exploded during a practice flight for the Alberta International Airshow at the Lethbridge County Airport on Friday, July 23, 2010. Bews sustained injuries to his back and knees during the violent ejection, but is expected to make a full recovery (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Lethbridge Herald, Ian Martens)
In Afghanistan, four passengers aboard an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Chinook helicopter, below, received only minor injuries when they made a hard landing along the perimeter of a coalition force camp in Kabul province. Both crashes are under investigation. (Photo by SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
Zabul Redux: Window Seat
October 21st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
A door gunner in a Chinook in Afghanistan last June – and Sean and I are on our way back to Zabul, via Kabul first.
A Handful of Dust
June 8th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Pfc. Matthew Hoyt, 20, from Chicago, Ill., waits to move an ammo resupply from a Chinook helicopter at PMT Viper in SW Zabul province. This is a few seconds into the takeoff – it was actually a total brownout in the beginning – and there are more than a few pebbles thrown in there. Larger bases have gravel for LZs – but for the smaller FOBs, well, as always, one makes do in more than one way.