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)
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.
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.
On The Road
September 7th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Sunrise over Highway One near Kandahar city. Easy to name – and easy to find – it’s the only one in the country – the 2200 km supply route for NATO and the country…. and how safe it is depends on you ask, and literally where you stand.
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.
Multiple Deployments
September 4th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
C/6-101 Avn Rgt pilot Lt. Terry Hill finishes adding his name to a bible (lower left, below flag) after completing his first dustoff mission. The bible has been carried by four generations of his family – originally issued in WWII and carried into D-Day, it also was brought to Korea and in more than 50 air assaults in Vietnam.
Waiting For The Call
September 3rd, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
The ping-pong table, just yards from the flight-line, of Charlie Co., 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade’s medievac unit – which is on standby 24-hours a day for any dust-offs calls that may come through for the area. And it’s a rare day that isn’t busy.
Going Back to Kandy
August 25th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Kelly Kennedy and I will be reporting from Kandahar and RC South all next month – more posts to follow…. For more from my last trip there, featuring scenic FOB Ramrod pictured above – start here.