Some pics of our heroes in the air...

[Aikmaniac]

where the pilots would let the chopters run for about half an hour before leaving and half an hour after landing....which was usually in the middle of the night LOL.

I'm sure that didn't affect your sleep at all. LOL

 

[DWelch1775]

Hey Brainpaint what branch of service were you in

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Hey Brainpaint what branch of service were you in

Army...was a medic.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I'm sure that didn't affect your sleep at all. LOL

On the weekends No as I was usually smashed.

On the week nights, yes.

You heard that sound and you never knew if it was just a training mission, just a small emergency that could be handled by those on duty.

Or if it was a big situation that required all hands on deck like what happened when some Marine Reserves had part of the armored convoy go over the side of a hill/cliff.

So it was kind of annoying when you were sleeping and here it and just woke up on a dime.


On a slightly different topic.

As a medic and in the Ambulance Platoon we often had to cover different things for medical support. Sometimes going out with tankers or other things.

But once in awhile we got something off the beaten path that was fun.

For example once we got to be front row center at the USO show that had a bunch of girls from the Miss USA pag doing a little show.

One time we had some officers from some company that were also sky divers. Somehow they got permission to have a day to sky dive and use army time and transportation to help them. They even secured our services as medics and ambulance drivers.

So we go out on this big field and they take these guys up. One trip they take me up for a ride, the next they take my partner. No we did not get to jump but I wanted to.

So on the last trip (around the 4th or 5th jump) we saw one guy going way off course and not coming close to where the landing field was.

I look at my buddy and say...I think he is going to land right around the troop clinic. He said, how funny would it be if he landed in the middle of the helipad.

So we take off and go looking for the guy.

Sure enough he landed right in the middle of the helipad, which is right behind the clinic.

Only problem was the helipad was wet, can't remember if it was morning or if they had sprayed it off.

When he landed on the pad he broke his leg.

So we put him on a litter and took him to the clinic LOL.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Army...was a medic.

Chemical decon....gorified car washers

 

[Hostile]

Because all of them weren't fired.

Just isn't adding up to me. I hope no offense is taken. My theory that those are the tracer shells makes more sense to me, but obviously I have no clue. I've never seen white gunpowder (not saying it doesn't exist) and that is clearly white. It looks more like spray paint to me than anything else, but I don't know why they'd paint it, and white of all colors.

 

[k19]

Navy HCS-5 Firehawks
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My boy thinking some pretty evil thoughts
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Looking down the GAU-2...7.62 rounds of fury.
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Airforce HH-60(G) Pave Hawk

Glad your boy got to enjoy our toy. Too bad the bird with the EGM (external Gun Mod) broke Thursday night for a Pitch trim Actuator and was pulled from the schedule, I TRIED to get it back up in time. It makes playing bang bang 100 x's more fun. Glad to see people enjoying Kirtland AFB's contribution

Too bad I passed on that trip, I could have met ya Cal

 

[Calicowboy]

Airforce HH-60(G) Pave Hawk

Glad your boy got to enjoy our toy. Too bad the bird with the EGM (external Gun Mod) broke Thursday night for a Pitch trim Actuator and was pulled from the schedule, I TRIED to get it back up in time. It makes playing bang bang 100 x's more fun. Glad to see people enjoying Kirtland AFB's contribution

Too bad I passed on that trip, I could have met ya Cal

Ooops my bad! That's what I thought my notes said. Sorry bout that!

K19 that's awesome! Would have been pretty cool to have meet you there. That would have been a cool meet!

 

[k19]

Ooops my bad! That's what I thought my notes said. Sorry bout that!

K19 that's awesome! Would have been pretty cool to have meet you there. That would have been a cool meet!

Not a problem just giving you a hard time for the heck of it. Its airshow season and we have the 60's and the UH-1(N)'s going all over the southwest so it makes for some pretty neat opportunites for free trips. Definitely better being civilian and goin to LA or Utah then being active duty and going to the sandbox.

BTW did you happen to meet our token foreign flight crew that took 708 out there, the lil short Brit and big arse German guy?

 

[DWelch1775]

Just isn't adding up to me. I hope no offense is taken. My theory that those are the tracer shells makes more sense to me, but obviously I have no clue. I've never seen white gunpowder (not saying it doesn't exist) and that is clearly white. It looks more like spray paint to me than anything else, but I don't know why they'd paint it, and white of all colors.

None taken, I could be wrong as well it was just a guess.

 

[Calicowboy]

Not a problem just giving you a hard time for the heck of it. Its airshow season and we have the 60's and the UH-1(N)'s going all over the southwest so it makes for some pretty neat opportunites for free trips. Definitely better being civilian and goin to LA or Utah then being active duty and going to the sandbox.

BTW did you happen to meet our token foreign flight crew that took 708 out there, the lil short Brit and big arse German guy?

I spoke to a lot of military personnel out there. For that particular bird I dont remember if I spoke to anyone there.

I know one thing, you would have definitely said something to me, because I was representing our team on my shirt.

 

[TruBlueCowboy]

Looking down the GAU-2...7.62 rounds of fury.
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Holy cow. I'd love to have one of them suckers on my porch.

"Get off the grass ya mangy kids!!!" ~~click~~