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2/5/2010 7:55:12 AM EDT
It may be a dupe, but it is well worth seeing again.


Refueling-Over-Iraq


Photojournalist Ed Darack says that “Some of the most exciting moments of my two-week embed with the 2nd Marine Air Wing (FWD) came when the cargo door of a C-130J cranked open miles above Iraq’s Anbar Province, as the craft motored through the air at hundreds of miles per hour. Strapped in, I was guided to the very edge by Staff Sergeant Mike Torres, a loadmaster. Out of the gray distance, two dots emerged—F/A-18D Hornets, call signs Covey 60 (lead) and Covey 61. The jets roared up to the rear of the 130, deployed their refueling probes and connected. The Hornets were so close I had to switch to wide-angle lenses for my cameras.”"






God Bless our Troops!




2/5/2010 8:19:52 AM EDT
[#1]
AWESOME!
2/5/2010 8:23:33 AM EDT
[#2]



Quoted:


It may be a dupe, but it is well worth seeing again.





Refueling-Over-Iraq





Photojournalist Ed Darack says that “Some of the most exciting moments of my two-week embed with the 2nd Marine Air Wing (FWD) came when the cargo door of a C-130J cranked open miles above Iraq’s Anbar Province, as the craft motored through the air at hundreds of miles per hour. Strapped in, I was guided to the very edge by Staff Sergeant Mike Torres, a loadmaster. Out of the gray distance, two dots emerged—F/A-18D Hornets, call signs Covey 60 (lead) and Covey 61. The jets roared up to the rear of the 130, deployed their refueling probes and connected. The Hornets were so close I had to switch to wide-angle lenses for my cameras.”"






God Bless our Troops!


Ain't that some sh*t..??...God Bless 'Em All....



 
2/5/2010 8:29:03 AM EDT
[#3]




Quoted:





Quoted:

It may be a dupe, but it is well worth seeing again.





Refueling-Over-Iraq





Photojournalist Ed Darack says that “Some of the most exciting moments of my two-week embed with the 2nd Marine Air Wing (FWD) came when the cargo door of a C-130J cranked open miles above Iraq’s Anbar Province, as the craft motored through the air at hundreds of miles per hour. Strapped in, I was guided to the very edge by Staff Sergeant Mike Torres, a loadmaster. Out of the gray distance, two dots emerged—F/A-18D Hornets, call signs Covey 60 (lead) and Covey 61. The jets roared up to the rear of the 130, deployed their refueling probes and connected. The Hornets were so close I had to switch to wide-angle lenses for my cameras.”"






God Bless our Troops!


Ain't that some sh*t..??...God Bless 'Em All....



This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2/5/2010 5:54:27 PM EDT
[#4]
Hope they kept their fingers off the trigger.
You could wash their windshield at that distance.
2/6/2010 7:22:55 AM EDT
[#5]
That was spectacular. They make it look easy.
2/7/2010 4:51:02 AM EDT
[#6]
"Where do we find such men..."

(A: Generally in bars and whorehouses near air bases. )

TC
2/7/2010 5:04:28 AM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
"Where do we find such men..."

(A: Generally in bars and whorehouses near air bases. )

TC


"Don't tell my mother I'm a fighter pilot, she thinks I play the piano in a whore house"
2/7/2010 6:09:50 AM EDT
[#8]
Where's the one where the fighter approaches the open tailgate and dang near sticks the nose of the fighter on the tailgate.  One hell of a video too..