Shock and Awe

The lads of 2 Platoon, A coy, 1 Royal Welsh having some fun on their downtime on Op Herrick 16.

The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily-armed ground-attack aircraft variant of the C-130 Hercules transport plane. The basic airframe is

From the cameraman: "This was my first outing with 10th Mountain Infantry Division. 3-4 hour mission turned into a 8-9

In glorious VHS. Done on the spur of the moment apparently. The Pilot, Ray Hanna was the founder member of

These guys deserve some major credit for their bravery. Good to see them having some fun in between as well

Do it again, do it again!

AC-130H Footage Courtesy Video 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs Date: 11.06.2012

An FSA suicide bomber detonates his VBIED and causes total destruction.

A massive C4 blast is used to destroy a treeline in an attempt to remove Taliban firing positions and clear

Craig "Merlin" Olson, Blue Angel #6, performs the low transition high performance climb to the split-S on takeoff. This video