Back Strain

Yesterday I hurt my back pretty bad weightlifting, now I have been given a downslip from flights until it heals. Therefore I will have noithing interesting to blog about for the next little while so it may be a few days before I do so again.

Dog and Pony

The story continues to be the same. We go out and preflight like we are going somewhere, the weather taunts us with a bunch of little sucker holes, we try to fly a little and it is ultimately futile. Today we tagged on the big dog and pony show of trying to make ourselves look nice for some VIP. I dispise the games and the attempts at ass kissing by even those who have more sense, it is the thing that I hate most about our current army.

Amazingly Bad Weather

Short flight today, cancelled partway through for several different weather problems. Flew long enough to land the aircraft in maintenance though. Fun day.

Good Mellow Flight

These last few days have been pretty good to me. Friday we went out and moved a body from here to mortuary affairs. Some civilian here on post had died in his room. Then we waited till nightfall and went out to do an evaluation flight. Training and evaluation flights are always fun because we get to go do some stuff that we would generally not get to. Then yesterday I was on the MTF schedule, which translates into alot of time on the flightline but none in the air. I still really enjoy doing them because it is one of the most educational experiences on the aircraft for me. Today and tomarrow I am off work so I will be enjoying my personal time.

550 Cord

Today my flight got cut short for weather, but what we did fly was a really good flight. Then just as I'm getting ready to cut out early someone decides to pull the end off of a spool of cord and lets it flop on the ground, then cut all of what is on the ground away from the spool. After that he tried to untangle what was still on until that proved hopless and he dumped the rest ont the ground too. Three of us spent about an hour or so untangling what we could and then we threw the rest away. Fun night in general.

Where Falcons Roam

I originally intended to post to this far more often than I have been. So we'll cover just some recent history. I've been flying for the past few days, every day. Today I remembered exactly what I love about my job when I saw a girl in the back was hanging one foot and one arm out in the wind, smiling at the nothing for some couple thousand feet below. I love flying doors open with my feet dangling in the air or my upper torso out the window. There was a time when it would have scared me to death. Now it is the best part of my work day. I hope that i can always find the means to spend time in the sky. Freedom can only be found in the wind.

Now I am Here

I am now getting settled into Iraq, not much to say about the trip but lets suffice to say it was long and painful. I will be posting more now that I am settled enough to have time. Hopefully I can keep it interesting.