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| Cockpit Switzerland - Fuerza Aerea Spain - Piloot en Vliegtuig Netherlands | ||
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| Press visit januari 2008 | ||
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FUERZA AEREA - SPAIN REPORTS: |
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| PUBLISHED IN THE SPANISH INDEPENDENT AVIATION MAGAZINE 'FUERZA AEREA' : | ||
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| REPORTS ABOUT KANDAHAR AIRFORCE BASE, SUCH AS THE DUTCH F-16'S | ||
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| WE HAVE SEEN THE F-16 DETACHMENT IN ACTION AT KANDAHAR | ||
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| GBU- BOMBS ARE USED WHEN NO OTHER OPTION IS OPEN | ||
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| AS NEIGHBOURS THE DUTCH HAVE THE FRENCH AIRFORCE | ||
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| AND ON ANOTHER CORNER THE ENGLISH HAVE THEIR HARRIERS | ||
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| UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT GIVE ANY OPERATIONAL DATA | ||
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| BUT SOME HUMOR BETWEEN THE TASKS CAN WORK VERY RELAXING | ||
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| PLEASE READ ABOUT THE CHINOOKS AND THE STORIES, | ||
| ... AND THE TASKS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO GIVE AFGHANISTAN A BETTER FUTURE | ||
| By the way, soon in Fuerza Terrestre some history about former battles. Read about the Belgian Fortress Eben Emael of Worldwar II, or the Dutch defenseworks 'IJssellinie' from the Cold War period during 'The Wall' and the 'Cuba-crisis' | ||
| LET'S START PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSION 1 OF AFGHANISTAN: | ||
| TO KANDAHAR BASECAMP | ||
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| Eindhoven AFB, the KDC-10 arrives to bring the men and women to Kandahar | ||
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| The 'new shift' starts coming in, some alone, some with relatives... | ||
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| Not always easy to say goodbye, but this couple has good faith ! | ||
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| The KDC-10 is packed, and after some hours all are tired of the long trip... | ||
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| For safety reasons we cannot give all details of the trip, but we landed in between | ||
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| Dutch Commander gives a short briefing about the second half of the journey... | ||
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| A very sad moment, the KDC-10 transports 2 soldiers killed in action back to The Netherlands | ||
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| A British Hercules flies us in to Afghanistan. The loadmaster checks data... | ||
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| ... and the last part we carry shell-vests and helmets, even reporters... ! | ||
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| Ok, just to get used to the situation, let's see what entertainment you can expect | ||
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| The 'Dutch Corner' , not only visited by Dutch, also others like to join and have a dance... | ||
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| ... play a little card-game with eachother... | ||
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| ... have a talk and a tin can of.... well, sorry, no alcoholics. | ||
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| But it's a nice place to be, and at daytime you can also find some corners... | ||
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| ... to relax, read a book, or play an old-fashioned game. | ||
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