September 30, 200619 yr Thought I would upload a good selection of images I shot on a recent trip to Kabul and Kandahar. Afghanstan Images
September 30, 200619 yr As usual, awesome set of pictures. Thanks for sharing! Pardon my ignorance, but can anyone tell me what aircraft types this... and this... are?
September 30, 200619 yr The top picture is the: Martin/General Dynamics RB/WB-57F The bottom picture is the: Antonov An-72
September 30, 200619 yr Thanks for the pictures, truly amazing. Looks like real estate is quite cheap out there. Definitely makes one appreciate what we have here in the United States.
September 30, 200619 yr Kandahar has gone through complete metamorphosis since December 2001 when I flew the airfield seizure mission to secure that airfield. Great pictures, thanks for sharing.
September 30, 200619 yr Originally posted by BigIron: Kandahar has gone through complete metamorphosis since December 2001 when I flew the airfield seizure mission to secure that airfield. Great pictures, thanks for sharing. A good friend of mine is the pilot member on the frat investigation over there right now. He said there are over 12,000 people at Bagram right now. I remember when it was a big deal if we had over 3000 people IN COUNTRY. Times have changed...
September 30, 200619 yr Great pictures! worth the wait on dialup. btw, (I forgot to) Thank You for the magazine you sent. nice work!
September 30, 200619 yr Author Rainman - The USAF has less than 1500 according to the base commander. Once it gets over 1500 then the CO needs to be a BG instead of a full colonel. That 13000 is made up of all different nationalities, not just US. The unmarked Hueys there are US State Dept helos used to support the Afghan Eradication Project ie: getting rid of the poppies. Thats who I was over there with. The Canberra was actually being used to map the country for mineral deposits at the request of the Afghan Government through NIMA. Guys werent wearing pressure suits so it was all 50K or below alt. The Antonov at the bottom was our ride between Kabul and Kandahar, ideally suited for those sorts of operations. Cheers Ned
September 30, 200619 yr Incredible photos! It's amazing what happens when you 'just add water.' Does anyone have photos of what (used to be called) Air Force Village at Bagram looks like these days? My guy was there a few years ago when there were @7,000 overall troops there, @500 of those AF.
September 30, 200619 yr Originally posted by Helitac: Rainman - The USAF has less than 1500 according to the base commander. Once it gets over 1500 then the CO needs to be a BG instead of a full colonel. That 13000 is made up of all different nationalities, not just US.Roger. I was talking about 3000 TOTAL US military members in country being a big deal.
September 30, 200619 yr Helitac, Post those pictures directly here in the message. We, forward deployed, can't view the pics from the hyper-link because the COMM Nazi's have it blocked.
September 30, 200619 yr OK I will. Some great photos! Warning, this will bring the CENTCOM computers to their knees...pic-intensive. [ 30. September 2006, 18:05: Message edited by: Chuck Farleston ]
September 30, 200619 yr YEAH BABY!!! AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!! LET'S SEE YOU HERC HOMOS DO THIS!!! [ 30. September 2006, 18:02: Message edited by: Chuck Farleston ]
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