Impossible Airfield - Episode One


Impossible Airfield - Episode Two


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Impossible Airfield - Airfield Defence Guard

I'm not sure a C-17 has the lift capacity to handle the Wing Commander.

Love me some Aussie camo, looks just like old school duck hunter.

We can do the same thing.  Usmc has the men and tools to do it.  That was part of my job in the usmc.

I worked some with diggers while I was in.  They're good to go: They can do it.

Where did they get enough asphalt for a C-17?

USAF Combat Communications Groups are responsible for establishing communications, navigational aids, and air traffic control support for bare base sites as well.

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SAS veteran Blaine Diddams dies on seventh tour of hell
Ian McPhedran
The Daily Telegraph
July 04, 2012

SERGEANT Blaine Diddams was a soldier's soldier, a hard hitter who led from the front and inspired his men with courage and humour.

Early on Monday morning the decorated SAS veteran was leading his team against an insurgent commander's compound in Chora Valley, near Tarin Kowt, when a high-powered round from an enemy AK-47 penetrated his chest armour and killed him.

The popular 40-year-old married father had led his team during seven tours of the war-torn country.

Known as "Dids", his middle name was Flower but he was far from a delicate petal.

Mates said he was larger than life and got along with everyone in an "amazing" career that began with the Townsville-based 1st Battalion and a 1993 tour to Somalia.

"There are a lot of sad people around the SAS today," one source said.

"Dids had a full-on career in the SAS and was the loveliest bloke you could meet."

Despite seven tours, those who knew him said Sgt Diddams would have rejected talk of "battle fatigue".

"The regiment manages fatigue very well and if someone needs a rest they get a rest," an army source said.

Many special forces troops have done five or six tours and have been told they will be fighting in Afghanistan until at least 2018. .

The Special Operations Task Group has now lost 12 of the 33 Diggers killed in Afghanistan since late 2001. Five were from the SASR.

Sgt Diddams' patrol had just been dropped by helicopter for a mission targeting an insurgent commander when it was hit with small arms fire.

A solemn Prime Minister Julia Gillard described the loss as a "dreadful blow" for his relatives, the nation and the Australian Defence Force.

"I know Australians today will ... mark with respect the loss of this brave soldier and will honour his service and his sacrifice," she said.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said the whole nation would mourn his passing.

"The Australian people are always right behind our soldiers," he said.

Defence Chief General David Hurley said it was "unusual" for a soldier to have been on so many tours of Afghanistan: "It's an issue we need to keep a sharp eye on."

Former army general and Iraq war commander Jim Molan said Diggers were not overworked compared with other coalition forces, such as US troops, who did three or four tours of 12 to 15 months compared with Australia's four- to six- month tours.

"It is a lot, but it is not abnormal," Mr Molan said.

However, a former senior SAS officer said: "A tour a year is too much given the intensity of the fighting."

Dailytelegraph.com.au: "SAS veteran Blaine Diddams dies on seventh tour of hell"

ABC News: Respected Australian digger dies during mission

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