World Air

So flying en route to a war zone is different.

It's definitely not the G5 McConaughey's character Rick Peck enjoys in the movie 'Tropic Thunder'

For one, there is no security to speak of, unless you count the off limits holding area with razor wire surrounding it where we waited for 3 1/2 hours prior to loading on to buses so we could drive to Eielson AFB only to wait another hour at the Air Field for our chartered flight. 

Next, the big difference is what's allowed for your carry-on items.  Mine included a M9 9mm pistol and an M4 carbine rifle.  This is what my storage under the seat in front of me looked like:

Kind of crazy right?


There were three movies, and I was awake for at least the first few minutes of the A-Team.  No McConaughey to enjoy, but Bradley Cooper will work for me in a pinch.

We leave again in the next hour or so, so this is a quick blog entry.  Next stop: Kyrgyzstan.  That is apparently a real place that you can find on a map and actually fly into.  To me it sounds like the home of an evil villain in a bad spy movie.  Either way, I hear it's beautiful this time of year.  I can hardly contain my excitement.

See you all soon.
Miss you all, but mostly my wife.



Pete