bluepill 0 #1 May 9, 2003 I watched a programme the other day that was all about the Abrham Lincoln throughout the Iraq war. (cant remember what it was called - shown in UK) Anyway, the film followed a few of the crew members and the events on the carrier in this period. One particular event they covered was soon after land forces began their insertion, when a large sand storm rolled in. The effect of this was that air cover could not be provided by the land bases and need to be provided by the Lincoln. The film showed the captain trying to evade the advancing sand storm to give the pilots the window to take off and land. Eventually the sand storm engulfed the ship and put visibility very low. The storm was so ferocious that the landing officer guy was get his face pepered by the sand and was clearly in pain. All of the aircraft landed (2 had to abort and retry). Tehy showed te pilots afterwards and each one of them was shaken by then experience. And then they went back out to provide the cover to the land forces. Im very proud of our UK forces, but I was totally amazed at the bravery and professionalism of the all the crew on the Lincoln. Everyone of them desrve medals for that day. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
