It seemed incredible that I’d been there seven days already. Later that day, I flew my seventh combat flight. It was 22:00 when I returned to the PME after the flight the day before. I was not sure how many more of those never-ending days I could handle. The word was that things would only ge...
The big board had said that we’d have another late evening Go tonight, so we were all eager to return to our rooms and get some sleep. The mission had been exceptionally long and trying. My eyes felt like two round saucers still attached to a pair of night-vision goggles. The line after us wa...
Most Iraqi AAA ranged from short range 23mm to long range 130mm artillery. Small caliber weapons fire vast amounts of rounds and rely largely on this high number of shells to destroy the target. Large caliber weapons fire large shells, which contain an explosive charge (detonated at altitude) to ...