Posted on 08/10/2009 4:39:04 PM PDT by jdfromny
Thursday night, 06 August 2009 Afghanistan
I made this photo last night in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. This Landing Zone is very dangerous. A few weeks ago, another helicopter was coming into this LZ and was shot down at the last minute, killing all passengers and crew. Two children on the ground also were killed. The sparks coming off the rotors occur when the helicopters land in hot, dusty conditions. The landing itself occurs in a dangerous "brownout." Brownout danger is compounded by the sparks which light up the dust and can confuse pilots who are wearing extremely sensitive nightvision goggles.
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In case you never heard of Mike, he is a self made journalist and was once a Green Beret. You'll never hear political correct BS and he call it the way he sees it every time. Perusing his web site is worth your time.
Unfortunately my computer won't allow me to copy the picture here.
JD Out...
Awesome picture.
Thanks knarf. Hope folks will still visit Mike’s site.
grab his books too great reads!
I generally like Mike Yon’s writing style and first-person reporting but thought he was way off-base in his treatment of the torture issue. Took the edge off his reporting for me.
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