National Aviation Day: My Afghanistan Pictures

"Viggen" (viggen37) 08/19/2016 at 18:58 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Aviation, Airplane, Helicopter, Chinook, Black Hawk, Apache, Afghanistan, Army, Military

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As promised, here’s pictures of helicopters and other aircraft I took during my time in Afghanistan at Kandahar Air Field. Enjoy! Please, feel free to comment and ask questions. There’s a lot of pictures.

Rock Bottom > Viggen 08/19/2016 at 19:02

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I’m seeing a lot of blade boxes!

ttyymmnn > Viggen 08/19/2016 at 19:04

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Great shots. I don’t think I asked before, what is your job?

Viggen > ttyymmnn 08/19/2016 at 19:07

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15U. CH-47 maintainer. Great, rewarding job.

Viggen > Rock Bottom 08/19/2016 at 19:08

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Yeah, there was a whole heck of a lot more too!

Dave the car guy , still here > Viggen 08/19/2016 at 19:13

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Fantastic. One of my cousins was a chopper mechanic in the 70s and 80s. Turned it into a job with United Airlines when he left the military. Now he is a medevac pilot and finds it very rewarding.

f86sabre > Viggen 08/19/2016 at 20:06

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Great pics. Who as flying the MD-80 in there?

Viggen > f86sabre 08/19/2016 at 20:09

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Kam Air, an Afghan airline based out of Kabul.

Captain of the Enterprise > Viggen 08/19/2016 at 20:44

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Thanks for your service and great shots!

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Viggen 08/19/2016 at 20:49

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You were in the military?

Viggen > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 08/19/2016 at 20:51

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I still am.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Viggen 08/19/2016 at 21:53

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Huey-bird is best bird, followed by Chinook-y-bird and little-bird. 

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Viggen 08/20/2016 at 10:53

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Thank you for your service