In this video by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charles Crail, watch a contractor-flown Caribou supply plane — flying low among the mountains — drop pallets on a remote outpost in Paktika province. At the end, listen to the soldier praise the pilots.
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Beats detained trucks inside Pakistan.
Repairing trains is way to costly. This seems logistically the way in remote areas.
The Caribou is a great plane. There was some majick at DeHavilland to produce such fantastic bush planes.
I can only guess that the contractor was Australian as they are the only ones who still fly it militarily.
Alex:
First of all I really enjoy your reports from Afghanistan!! Cheers Dude.
Second he says “Serious COJONES” cojones==”courage” mexican spanish,
Thanks!
Hey David — I caught your name through the Diplomat. Can you shoot me an email? john@rawstory.com.
Thanks!
-J
You are welcome. Take care there buddy.
And thanks again for report the other side of the war.
Guille