Flight Pundit

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From October 13th:

AL ASAD, Iraq (Oct. 13, 2005) — As the commandos came aboard, the stern looks on their faces, hardened from months of battling insurgents, turned to smiles as they greeted Marines operating the KC-130J Hercules.

Under the cover of darkness, Marines from Marine Aerial Refueler and Transport Squadron 252 flew a company of Iraqi Special Operation Forces out of Al Asad, Iraq.

“We are happy to be on this bird with so many successful missions accomplished,” said the ISF company commander. “We’re glad the bird was here and on time. I think that happened because the Marines are in charge. The Marines have done an outstanding job getting us food, water, ammunition and making sure everything was taken care of.”

Proving the Marine Corps etho “no better friend, no worse enemy,” the Marines from VMGR-252 said they were excited to help and support the Iraqis fighting for a free and democratic country for their people.

“We were honored to fly with the Iraqi military,” said Maj. Michael Sage, the operations officer with VMGR-252, a native of Alberta, Canada. “Everything went great, we were ahead of schedule. The Iraqis were very efficient, you could tell by talking with them and watching them that this was new and exciting to them.”
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