Night Ops...

Given angel's wings, where might you fly?
In what sweet heaven might you find your love?
Unwilling to be bound, where might you move,
Lost between the wonder and the why?...
~Nicholas Gordon

*Sharing from Strategy Page*   U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Carlos Gonzales and Sgt. Ernesto Gallegos assist pilots during a run up of a CH-47F Chinook helicopter on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2012. Gonzales is a flight engineer instructor and Gallegos is a crew chief. Both are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company B, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, Task Force Lobos. U.S. Air Force photo by Sgt. Felix Acevedo

Pretty fantastic shot, that. 
May they all have a safe operation and return lightly back to earth with all fingers and toes intact.  



And so it goes......