Simviation Forum - Randoms from the desert

Aug 15^th, 2007 at 4:02pm

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Just some randoms I snapped whenever the oppurtunity arose...

Kick it off with some desert sunsets Cool

Quite a few of these flying in weekly

KC-130J getting ready to roll

A view from inside the CH46, can you spot our escorts?

Couple shots from the chopper side of the flight line

Medevac coming in

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Reply #1 - Aug 15^th, 2007 at 4:06pm

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Nice shots.

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Reply #2 - Aug 15^th, 2007 at 4:17pm

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Thanks for the glimpses... Cool

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Reply #3 - Aug 15^th, 2007 at 5:26pm

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Interesting shots.

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Reply #4 - Aug 15^th, 2007 at 8:07pm

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Cool shots!! Cool

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Reply #5 - Aug 15^th, 2007 at 9:58pm

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What aircraft was that between the last sunset shot and the KC-130 and who does it belong to?

Great shots, BTW.

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Reply #6 - Aug 15^th, 2007 at 10:04pm

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Xyn_Air wrote on Aug 15^th, 2007 at 9:58pm:

What aircraft was that between the last sunset shot and the KC-130 and who does it belong to?

Great shots, BTW.

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An Ilyushinl-76

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Reply #7 - Aug 15^th, 2007 at 10:07pm

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Xyn_Air wrote on Aug 15^th, 2007 at 9:58pm:

What aircraft was that between the last sunset shot and the KC-130 and who does it belong to?

Great shots, BTW.

All the best,
~Darrin

I believe it's an Ilyushin IL-76, not positive who it belongs to though, there were a few of them that flew in every week with that paint job or all white, I believe they were contracted through the UN to haul supplies to some of the civilian contractors working with us, I'm not sure...

Maybe some of the pros here recognize the paint job and know who owns the bird??

Also, thanks for the compliments everyone

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Reply #8 - Aug 16^th, 2007 at 5:46am

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The one in the picture is from Volga Dnepr... probably a recent addition as they didnt care to paint it in their own scheme yet.

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Reply #9 - Aug 16^th, 2007 at 6:06am

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Is this Iraq? Afganistan? Or just practice in the US? Great variety of aircraft and some nice action shots! I love the dusty Medevac arrival!

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Reply #10 - Aug 16^th, 2007 at 7:16am

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Omag 2.0 wrote on Aug 16^th, 2007 at 6:06am:

Is this Iraq? Afganistan? Or just practice in the US? Great variety of aircraft and some nice action shots! I love the dusty Medevac arrival!

As the Il76 is banned in the US for its noise it isnt in the US...

Amound of grass and flat horizons make me think that its Iraq

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Reply #11 - Aug 16^th, 2007 at 7:28am

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Nice front-line glimpses.

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Reply #12 - Aug 16^th, 2007 at 3:06pm

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Omag 2.0 wrote on Aug 16^th, 2007 at 6:06am:

Is this Iraq? Afganistan? Or just practice in the US? Great variety of aircraft and some nice action shots! I love the dusty Medevac arrival!

These were all taken in various areas in Iraq, I spent most of my time in the Al Anbar province but got to travel to different areas via helicopter, thus making some good aviation photo oppurtunities.

Thanks for the info Ivan and thanks for the compliments all! More photos to come once I get them cleared Wink

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