This compilation details daily life for the aircrew of a C-130H Hercules, filmed during Winter of 2011. During this time, combat airlift ran around the clock in the largest troop withdrawal since the Second World War. The opening timelapses are of the last C-130 to depart from a combat base in Iraq, hours before the final troop convoy left for the border. The Hercules is used to fly supplies, people, and equipment into small and austere airfields for military and relief operations around the world. The rest was filmed during actual airlift missions into both Iraq and Afghanistan, showing the range of environments and conditions that can be encountered in a day’s flying.
“Alternative Medicine”, I continue
“Has either not been proved to work,
Or been proved not to work.
You know what they call “alternative medicine”
That’s been proved to work?
Medicine.”
This poem is brilliant. I’ve been waiting a long time for the video, and it’s well worth your ten minutes.
Written on the back: "This is the family of Astronaut Duke from Planet Earth. Landed on the Moon, April 1972.
Last summer, I had the pleasure of listening to Apollo Astronaut Charlie Duke speak at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. He was the tenth man to walk on the moon with John Young during the Apollo 16 mission. These are some of his comments that struck me as profound.
“From 160,000 feet, the earth looks uninhabited.” Continued…
Refocused in 2011. These are articles on lessons learned in aviation, travel, webcomics, and adventure. If you have a passion for new experiences, people, and especially new ideas, hopefully you’ll find something you like here. Get yourself a pair of goggles, boredom is a lifestyle not worth choosing.
"The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US Air Force, Department of Defense or the US Government."
