Sunset at Kandahar Air Field

Happy New Year!

Headed Out

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Headed out in the chopper behind me. The weapon is a Russian AK 47

Scout Huey

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sitting on top of mountain.
fixing to jump off.

Helmand Province Afghanistan

Sitting on top of a mountain

looking for bad guys

Outside of KAF (Kandahar Airfield)

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South side of Kandahar AirField outside the wire looking in. Mine field on the other side of the fence. We are leaving the base to un-disclosed location.

Kandahar AirField, Afghanistan (KAF)

Picture says it all. The things hanging outside on both sides makes the bad guys day go bad.

Helmand Province Afghanistan

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Former Taliban training camp. Now a village where Afghans live.

Outside of KAF (Kandahar Airfield)

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Flying over part of Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. Looking for bad guys outposts on top of the mountains. More pictures coming.

Kandahar AirField, Afghanistan (KAF)

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Hueys

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Our Hueys just arrived. Everybody pitched in to get two up and runing which took a few days, actual time classified. The holes in the walls of the hanger are bullet holes made by our soldiers, more pictures later, during the 2001 war.

(KAF) KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN

Air view of our hanger at KAF

Kandahar AirField, Afghanistan (KAF)

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KAF (Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan). The red X in the middle of the picture is the hanger where are choppers are located at this time. To the right of the hanger by the trees is my hooch (tent). Living by the runway there a lot noise at night by the choppers you see below are hanger launching at all hours and the planes landing which this noise is not bad but when the bad guys shoot rockets into our locations, POI-point of impact classified don't want to let them know where they are landing. Makes your night sleep go bad unless you wear earplugs. I did this in Iraq because where I was there was no bunkers and at KAF the nearest bunkers were to far from my tent and by the time you got to the bunker it was full. Sometimes the earplugs worked but when the mortars or rockets land close by can't say what I would said "$%#&*" then I would put on my armor stuff and hit the floor without the earplugs.

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During the 2001 war there was big gunfight with the Taliban in this hanger and while some fled to a building (pic later) left of the hanger as you look at it this is where the Taliban made their last stand, we call it the TLS building, no prisoners taken. After the smoke cleared in the hanger shot up by chopper gunships and soldiers there were around 400 killed Taliban's in the hanger.
Inside this hanger is where we have our six Huey choppers at this time and other stuff. Every now and then I could smell the Talibans that were killed in and around the hanger.

The Plane

We had to knock off the ice on the wings before take off. This is the plane we fly back and forth from Kubul and Kandahar. This is the same plane that crashed a few months later killing both pilots and the crew chief and two little girls on the ground when it crashed into their house. What happened was during landing at an airfield by KAF a truck drove across the runway in front of the plane and the pilot pulled power and tried to take off but ran out of runway killing them, there also was 15 other people on board (our guys) came out with little injuries. The guy on my left is my body guard since I haven't been issued my weapons at that time and flew with us in the above plane to Kandahar and back to Kabul. Flying time one way is about two hours.

Afghanistan

The red A is Kabul (Captiol) of Afghanistan.

The red X is Kandahar, where most of the pictures and surrounding area where taken.

Also, this is the home of the Taliban. This area is where most of the fighting has been this year and where I was stationed, Kandahar AirField (KAF)

Afghanistan pictures

Kabul, Afghanistan, behind me is an old British fort. Standing on the roof where we were staying. Bad food and no heat, sometimes electricity

Pictures Afghanistan is next. First few pictures were taken in Kabul, Afghanistan. Which is the Captiol. Most of the pictures were taken at Kandahar AirField (KAF), Afghanistan and surrounding areas.