One for Laxsaltman: DFC Awarded to A-10 Pilot
Via Exurbanleague, an Arizona blog, comes this tid-bit of the sort of casual courage to which I aspire, and also a nice Thunderbolt story for Laxsaltman, once he can tear his eyes away from the 30mm Gatling-gun type cannon in the photo:
“It’s an honor to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor for doing the job I’m trained to do.”
"The real reward was returning those six coalition soldiers safely to the village they were working at as part of the provincial reconstruction team"
Right up my alley,Wry. Thanks for the picture.Haven't read the link yet,but also known affectionally as the "warthog" or "the Hog", nothing like seeing or hearing the 30 mike-mike gatling cannon's depleted uranium ammo rip through tanks,trucks,people.....They occasionally land over here at the air base near my homestead with the approach about 800-1000' over my roof..........schwinnnngg!!!also notice the AVG type shark teeth.
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