Can we get Indy around the globe ?
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Montana Smith
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Billy Ray said:Can't take credit for the Poo Pond pics, one of my buddys took one for the team there. I was planning on taking him down there, but definitely not looking forward to that chore. Thankfully he took the initiative. Also, the wind was in his favor
That link was nasty!
There ought to be a special campaign medal just for serving alongside the Poo Pond.
Billy Ray said:I will post the ammo dump pic but, unfortunately, it is pretty blurry. I wasn't willing to take an ass-whupping by a couple of U.S. Marines just for a photo op
Indy might have been thrown in, too, never to be seen again...
Lance Quazar
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Another INCREDIBLE batch!!!
The pictures are superb! Thanks to you and your friends for taking 'em!
The "pond" (I read the link) is truly disturbing.
The Sallah comment was hilarious.
LOVING your contribution!!!
The pictures are superb! Thanks to you and your friends for taking 'em!
The "pond" (I read the link) is truly disturbing.
The Sallah comment was hilarious.
LOVING your contribution!!!
Billy Ray
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Now that I have some cash, I think I will check out the bazarre
I couldn't really come up with any witty captions for this series of pics, so I thought I would just let them speak for themselves.
A couple of funny stories though:
A little kid tried to trade me some shell bracelets for Indy. I was half tempted, there is no beach anywhere near here, so shells must be worth a lot.
Also, one of the vendors saw me snapping a pic with Indy and got all excited. He kept saying "What is that, what is that?" I showed him and he thought it was the funniest thing he ever saw...he kept saying, over and over again "It was a little man!" to the other guys at his stall.
Stoo
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Would be happy to answer but not in this thread!inky_skin said:
Trip to Cairo@Billy Ray: Very cool! Photo #6 is my fave of the latest lot. The top pic looks like a WW2 artillery piece. Was that captured from the Taliban?
I also checked out the link to the Pond and can't believe it's smack in the middle of the base! Your stories about the little kid and the vendor in the bazaar are priceless. Just goes to show how much we take things for granted. Thanks for sharing.
Montana Smith
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Fantastic photos, Billy!
It's probably current British armament! It's what we're leaving behind after our troops pull out, as our new government has checked the accounts and certified us to be as poor as church mice.
The bazaar didn't look as expected - it looks a bit like some of our markets. And, yes the story of the boy desperately wanting Indy does put things into perspective.
Stoo said:The top pic looks like a WW2 artillery piece. Was that captured from the Taliban?
It's probably current British armament! It's what we're leaving behind after our troops pull out, as our new government has checked the accounts and certified us to be as poor as church mice.
The bazaar didn't look as expected - it looks a bit like some of our markets. And, yes the story of the boy desperately wanting Indy does put things into perspective.
Billy Ray
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Today, Indy gets a very special treat...a tour of an AC-130 Gunship!
This thing packs a lot of heat! Behind me you can see the L60 40mm Bofors cannon and the M102 105mm howitzer
Up close and personal with the 105...
...and the 25mm GAU-12 Gatling Gun...Yeeeee Ha!
The 105 mm rounds
This thing packs a lot of heat! Behind me you can see the L60 40mm Bofors cannon and the M102 105mm howitzer
Up close and personal with the 105...
...and the 25mm GAU-12 Gatling Gun...Yeeeee Ha!
The 105 mm rounds
Montana Smith
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Nice pics.
Indiana Jones and the Angel of Death!
Can't help but think of Indy hanging on the tank gun in TLC with this one:
We occasionally get Hercules flying low over us, but I don't think they're packing like yours!
Indiana Jones and the Angel of Death!
Can't help but think of Indy hanging on the tank gun in TLC with this one:
Billy Ray said:
Up close and personal with the 105...
We occasionally get Hercules flying low over us, but I don't think they're packing like yours!
Montana Smith
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Billy Ray said:
It leapt out at me as soon as I brought up the wiki page on the AC-130!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130
I live in Herefordshire, within 20 miles of the ex-RAF base of Credenhill, which is now home to the 22 Special Air Service Regiment, so I always wonder what the significance of the Hercules flights are.
RAF jets screaming low overhead in pairs are a much more common sight, though. Local folklore always had it that they used our village post office as a target for low-level runs!
Before the 65th D-Day celebrations we were treated to hours of aerial rehearsals by AWACS and refueling aircraft!
But I digress...
Billy Ray
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Today's installment of Indy in Afghanistan is somewhat of a catch all of various photos that didn't really fit in anywhere else, taken here and there around the base:
Indy trying to catch a glimpse inside the USMC ammo compound, seconds before being chased off by two angry Marines. You can sort of make out the guard tower with USMC flag
Indy in front of the Netherlands Armed Forces compound
Indy in front of one of the British Armed Forces compounds
Indy in front of the Texas Armed Forces compound. Just kidding, it's one of the contracter's compounds
Indy in front of Hangar 51...err, I mean some big hangar
Indy at the pond (the real pond, not the Poo Pond). It's pretty neat, all the various nations have little floats out there. Kind of hard to make out but the French have a miniature Eiffel Tower, and the British have a Loch Ness Monster, somebody has a battleship, and there is also a Texas flag out there too
Indy at the Kandahar International Airport
And a better shot of the airport. You can just make out the mosque in the distance, on the right hand side. Indy will be visiting there tomorrow
Indy trying to catch a glimpse inside the USMC ammo compound, seconds before being chased off by two angry Marines. You can sort of make out the guard tower with USMC flag
Indy in front of the Netherlands Armed Forces compound
Indy in front of one of the British Armed Forces compounds
Indy in front of the Texas Armed Forces compound. Just kidding, it's one of the contracter's compounds
Indy in front of Hangar 51...err, I mean some big hangar
Indy at the pond (the real pond, not the Poo Pond). It's pretty neat, all the various nations have little floats out there. Kind of hard to make out but the French have a miniature Eiffel Tower, and the British have a Loch Ness Monster, somebody has a battleship, and there is also a Texas flag out there too
Indy at the Kandahar International Airport
And a better shot of the airport. You can just make out the mosque in the distance, on the right hand side. Indy will be visiting there tomorrow
Rocket Surgeon
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No sign of Indy yet...no doubt he's going to make some unorthodox entrance.
Great shots Billy Ray, it's been really Indy-like to see him in some Military company early on in an adventure.
Did you get yourself in a picture?
Great shots Billy Ray, it's been really Indy-like to see him in some Military company early on in an adventure.
Did you get yourself in a picture?
Billy Ray
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Unfortunatelly I didn't get any pics with me in them, we had planned to take some pics with all of us, but just ran out of time. Things were a little hairy at the time I mailed him back and I had an opportunity to get Indy to the post office, so I took it. I definitely didn't want to delay his trip any longer.
I've probably got enough pics for a couple more sets...I had more than I thought I did.
I've probably got enough pics for a couple more sets...I had more than I thought I did.
Stoo
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Thanks a lot for getting the bottom of the identity for the ordanance piece. You went above & beyond the call of duty, there!Billy Ray said:
I suspect the 2 busted up armoured vehicles ("this one has seen better days...") are leftover Russian junk, too?This was obviously the special surprise you mentioned a few pages back. Love the Indy-riding-the-Gatling photo! Reminds me of Dr. Strangelove. I'm semi-familiar with the C-130 through military flight simulator experience but not the AC. "Packs a lot of heat!" No kidding...WICKED photos, Billy Ray & Co.Billy Ray said:
In the world of flying machines, the Hercules is a REAL PIG! Who would ever thought of having an air-mounted Howitzer!Montana Smith said: