Flying a Helicopter?

[houstonscott]

Apache.

 

[ovrszd]

Fly close, low and fast. Baghdad area.

 

[houstonscott]

For you Kubota guys

 

[ovrszd]

Fixed wing pic again. Flew from Manhattan Kansas to Kuwait City on this beast. Hauling 2 Hummers with trailers. 6 pallets of cargo. 5 Soldiers. Great flight. Slow as crap but cushy flight. Slept on top of Hummers.

 

[ovrszd]

 

[ovrszd]

Every time we stopped the gunner jumped out and squirted WD-40 on the tail wheel assembly. Have no idea why, didn't ask, probably don't wanna know.

 

[ovrszd]

Scenery shot near Mosul. Since it's in the news......

 

[ovrszd]

Baghdad Arches.

 

[ovrszd]

Darth Vadar.

 

[ovrszd]

For you heavy guys, if there are any. Let me see a fixed wing do that......

 

[ovrszd]

For my Warfighter friends, I'll stop with this one. Spend some time on this one, it's worth it.

 

[k0ua]

Dang, Richard, those are some great photo's.

 

[k0ua]

Thanks James, I have many, many more. I have been blessed with a great military life with only a bullet hole in the waist of my fatigue shirt and a shrapnel dent in my helmet as evidence of having been there.

Well, Richard, we are glad you made it home with all of your parts and pieces, and no extra holes.:thumbsup:

 

[ovrszd]

My favorite pic won't load for some reason, I'll work on it. It's an air shot of an LZ in Vietnam. Clearly shows the close relationship between Grunt and Aircrews. I'll work on it.

 

[ray66v]

Thanks for the photos.

 

[ovrszd]

My last tour in Iraq I travelled for a year. Lived outta my rucksack. Carried 100lb of gear. Visited most of the camps in Iraq and Afghanistan. Favorite camps were the small Warfighter camps. I called the Soldier that took this pic of me "Walking Dead". He was returning to his unit after being wounded the 4th time. Got shot in the leg trying to cross a street. 40 year old. Couldn't run fast enough. We were waiting for a Shinook to carry us out of Kabul Afghanistan. I looked for his name in the Stars and Stripes casualty list for a couple months. Then realized I probably didn't wanna know. He was from Florida.

 

[ovrszd]

Thanks for the photos.

You are welcome. There are many visitors to this thread that have many pics to share also.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Wow! Thanks for the pictures and your service.

 

[houstonscott]

My last tour in Iraq I travelled for a year. Lived outta my rucksack. Carried 100lb of gear. Visited most of the camps in Iraq and Afghanistan. Favorite camps were the small Warfighter camps. I called the Soldier that took this pic of me "Walking Dead". He was returning to his unit after being wounded the 4th time. Got shot in the leg trying to cross a street. 40 year old. Couldn't run fast enough. We were waiting for a Shinook to carry us out of Kabul Afghanistan. I looked for his name in the Stars and Stripes casualty list for a couple months. Then realized I probably didn't wanna know. He was from Florida. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=485231"/>

Thanks for the job you guys did, must be sickening for you to watch it all thrown away after 2013, it does me... HS