[adrianspeeder]

205 – Good safety RACM.



206 - 4000lbs shy of max gross takeoff weight, and almost right on the red line of the motors.



207 - Supermoon over the Atlantic at 29k feet.



208 – Overhead systems panel.



209/210/211 - So have any of ya'll heard of a place called Ascension Island? I hadn't until landin' there. Picture an island in the middle of the Atlantic half way between Africa and South America. Not a damn thing there. No phone, no light, no motorcar. Only interesting thing to do is climb a 1000ft hill that seemed like a good idea at first, but sucked really fast.







212 - This is what we climbed a thousand feet for. Friggin' rip off.



213/214 – Well, I guess the view is cool.





215 -The one living thing up here on this stupid mountain.



216 - Not the first to conquer this hill.



217 - A big pile of volcano poop. Whole thing was made of this iron ore lookin' loose rock.



218/219 - Nice water for 1000 miles in all directions.



220 – Hero shot.



221 – Hero crew.



222/223/224 – History

[adrianspeeder]

225 – Place is a territory of Brazil, but they had a ‘Murica flag flyin’.



226 – Finally after three days off we get to go to work.



227 – Hi friends.



228 - Stole this McChord jet to continue on to Africa.



229 - "Bow-na-now-naw"



230 - "Uhhh, rotate soon please? That's the end of the runway."



231 – Where we weren’t allowed to go swimming.



232/233/234/235 – First stop, Cape Verde









236 - I asked passingly if there was a flightline fire extinguisher available for refueling and engine start, and this is what they started up and pulled out for the occasion.



237/238 – Fancy terminal.





239 - Second hill of the area.



240/241/242 – We gotta go!







243/244 - Downtown.

[adrianspeeder]

245/246 - Downtown.





247 - Glad we didn't go climb that one.



248/249 – Crossing the coastline for a long flight home.

[adrianspeeder]

Trip 012, Summer 2013, Wisconsin

250 - Never know what the next haul is goin' to be or where. Need some junk shipped from the midwest to a dirt field up north? Can't wait for 40 sorties from little ole C-130s? Let's play with real airlift...



251 - Indiana afternoon.



252 - Short final to Grissom Air Reserve Base.



253 - Randomly got to meet a man named Irwin Stovroff. He is a WWII veteran and ex-POW having spent 13 months in a Nazi camp after being shot down on his 35th and last mission as a Bombardier with the 44th Bomb Group. Amazing survival story, and I thought it was ironic he was thanking us for our service. We have it easy because of guys like this.



254 – Off to Wisconsin.



255 – Field in sight.



256 – Dirt landing.



257 - Get that four fan trash can out of the way. We got real airlift to do here.



258 - Anyway, no big deal heavyweight dirt landing is a good time. Keep the motors runnin', kick the junk out the back, and let’s get the Hell out.



259 – Ready to roll but another little bird landed.



260 – Hero shot.



261 - LT, get us outta here!



262 - Pit stop in Pittsburgh for some gas and a few little toys to pickup.



263/264/265/266 – Three units need to go up to the dirt strip. They even let me play with the lights and siren on the ladder truck we loaded first.









267 – Back to the dirt with the firetrucks.



268 – Whoaaaa back!



269/270 - Well it was peaceful and nice 'till we showed up.

[astro_wanabe]

I asked passingly if there was a flightline fire extinguisher available for refueling and engine start, and this is what they started up and pulled out for the occasion.

lol I guess that meets the requirements of a fire extinguisher! At least they had something!

I like those painted houses too, nice and festive. Thanks for sharing!

[WPCatfish]

Ascension was used as an RAF base to launch long range bomb runs against the Argentinian occupation force in the Falklands.

Might be before your time.

[Kuntryboy816]

... No phone, no light, no motorcar. Adrianspeeder

So who else started singing the Gilligan's Island theme song in their head?

Once again, awesome pics!

[Owen]

... No phone, no light, no motorcar. Adrianspeeder

So who else started singing the Gilligan's Island theme song in their head?

Once again, awesome pics!

:raises hand: LOL

Awesome pics!

[adrianspeeder]

271 – Engine Running Offload/Onload in the dirt.



272 – Tire safety check.



273/274 - Engine Running Offload/Onload in the dirt.





Me rollin' footage with the pilots cam.

http://youtu.be/kYB4BLWSNdw

Adrianspeeder

[SasquatchAF]

Dont you have work to be doing on your govt funded vacations?

Glad to see our tax dollars are making for a great photo album