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With its fleet of large transport aircraft, the United States military can put personnel and equipment anywhere on the globe within hours. In the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in particular, virtually every soldier, every bullet, every pint of blood, and every bite of food have arrived in the war zone by airlift. This book tells the story of one Air National Guard airlift wing as related by its members. The 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard consisted of a squadron of 12 C-130 cargo planes, their crews, and all the supporting sections--in all, more than 1,200 people. The author, a former Associated Press reporter turned aviator, flew as an active member of that unit and interviewed nearly 70 servicemen and women for this book. They include aircrews who dodged heat-seeking missiles, mechanics who made combat repairs, flight nurses who treated and transported the wounded, even two motor pool truck drivers struck by a roadside bomb.… (plus d'informations)
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For my squadron mates, past and present.
And to the memory of Major Brian Downs, a former member of the 167th Airlift Wing, killed in Iraq on Memorial Day, 2005.
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Many things make the United States a military superpower, and not all of them involve directly engaging the enemy in combat. Airlift, the movement of troops and cargo, ranks high in the equation. With its fleet of large transport aircraft, the United States can put personnel and equipment anywhere on the globe within a matter of hours. That's the mission of the service members whose first-person accounts make up this oral history.
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A good C-130 crew has all kinds of tricks and maneuvers to avoid getting shot down. But sometimes nothing beats good old-fashioned hauling ass. Blasting across the desert so low and so fast that the sand melts to a tan liquid. Gone by the time the antiaircraft gunners can say, "What the hell was that?" Below the radar and barely above the horizon. The crews call it flying at the speed of heat.
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As of this writing, Operation Enduring Freedom continues in Afghanistan, and Operation Iraqi Freedom grinds on in Iraq. Meanwhile, natural disasters take place each year, and American airlifters always provide aid. Every two minutes or less, an American military transport plane takes to the skies. While you read this, somewhere in the world a crew from the 167th or another airlift wing is strapping into seats, running checklists, flipping switches, starting engines. Please wish them Godspeed.
With its fleet of large transport aircraft, the United States military can put personnel and equipment anywhere on the globe within hours. In the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in particular, virtually every soldier, every bullet, every pint of blood, and every bite of food have arrived in the war zone by airlift. This book tells the story of one Air National Guard airlift wing as related by its members. The 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard consisted of a squadron of 12 C-130 cargo planes, their crews, and all the supporting sections--in all, more than 1,200 people. The author, a former Associated Press reporter turned aviator, flew as an active member of that unit and interviewed nearly 70 servicemen and women for this book. They include aircrews who dodged heat-seeking missiles, mechanics who made combat repairs, flight nurses who treated and transported the wounded, even two motor pool truck drivers struck by a roadside bomb.
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