They should paint THIS on her airplane nose art.
Posted on 04/21/2003 5:51:13 AM PDT by el_texicano
I was reading the new book just out by Robin Moore entitled, "The Hunt for Bin Laden" and came across some excerpts that I wanted to cite in honor of my NY friends. This book has been hard to put down and parts of it are simply hilarious. So, with the setting in Afghanistan early on in the conflict...quoting from pages 74-75 and 99:
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Like it's Vietnam predecessor, "Puff the Magic Dragon," the Spectre is easily described by Special Forces troops on the ground as "raining death." With Chain guns, and autoloading 105mm cannon, a 25mm Gatling gun and a Bofors 40mm cannon, the Spectre can cover a battlefield with more rounds per squarefoot than any other combat platform in the world, and the USAF Spectre crews live up to their motto - "Death Waits in the Dark."
The Spectre circles the batlefield in varying orbits that elude enemy antiaircraft fire. Spectre's crews quickly observed that enemy antiaircraft weapons were not a problem. The Taliban and AQ (al Queda) did not have the night-vision devices needed to spot the elusive, low-flying weapons platform. "You could see the Taliban down below as we would fly over them," one of the Spectre's crew recalled, "but they would just shoot at the sounds of our engine, which makes a low droning sound that's hard to place. You could see through their body movements that they had no idea where the ammunition was coming from. When we would open up on them, the would just scatter like ants in every direction."
The Spectre's weapons release officer was a woman, a stunning USAF captain named Allison. "Ally"'s voice on the plane's intercom and over the radio, as she coordinated the deadly 105mm and 40mm explosive rounds, seemed to flow like poetry as the Taliban bodies stacked up, resulting in her being nicknamed "the Angel of Death."
Ally and the rest of her crew would watch the taliban fighters on the ground through the Spectre's thermal optics, and after a bit of studying, felt they could predict their movements. "The Taliban would be all grouped up in, say, the corner of a filed, and we'd open fire, and they would scatter, only to group up again in another spot. So after a few minutes, we would just hold our fire and wait until they grouped up again. That saved on ammunition, and we wanted every shot to count," she recalled. Allison, originally from New York, was proud that she was able to "bring some justice" to the people who were responsible for striking out at the United States on September 11.
General Dostum (the Afghan commander) was utterly amazed when he heard of Ally. He immediately called his Taliban foes on the appropriate frequency, and then asked for Allison to speak on the U.S. radio. Dostum first announced in Dari to the Taliban leader that "the United States has so little respect for you that they are using their WOMEN to fight you!" Then Dostum held his handset up and Allison would talk over the frequency, announcing that she had heard how badly the Taliban treated women, and she was here to give them a little payback. This was also translated to the enemy over their frequencies. The extreme gravity of the insult to an Islamic fundamentalist "holy warrior" cannot be translated.
(From pg. 99 in another part of Afghanistan) Dabbling in psychological operations, the (Special Forces) team asked TASK FORCE DAGGER to give them an AC-130 gunship for a few nights. Once again, the weapons release officer was the efficient and attractive Air Force captain named Allison. When the bird came overhead, TIGER 01 would announce to the Taliban in Dari and Arabic that the "Angel of Death" had arrived and she had something to give them. Ally would then follow on the Taliban's command frequency, speaking with her soft, sensuous voice in English, calmly explaining to the enemy that she knew how they treated women, so it was only fair that she get an opportunity to repay their kindness. More than a few SF operators got a woody listening to her sultry description of the havoc that was about to be unleashed. Then, Ally voice would abruptly disappear as the Spectre's 105mm cannons and mini-guns would let loose, wreaking death and destruction of biblical proportions on the Taliban's trench lines.
Quite likely I would think. Wonder if she has a 'cat?
They should paint THIS on her airplane nose art.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/12/airforce_deadly_women_071229w/
Here's a picture of her taken not long before the action described.
Well if she wasn't already married, she is now. As of 2007 she had two sons, then 6 months and 2 years.
I can see the little guys now, 5 and 7, saying "My Mommie can kick your a$$, any day, and twice on Fridays."
This was taken at an American Legion conferance. The static image doesn't portray her very well, IMHO. As you can see, she's now a Major. So she outranks my sorry self.
Video at the link. Yea, you can now hear and see "The Angel of Death telling her story.
/sigh
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