I'm outta here!!

Sometime after x-mas the 106 RQW and it's Pavehawks are deploying to the SWA, ( Southwest Asia, not airlines ) This is my first trip and I'm excited to do my part. I can't say I'm nervous, we really have a tight group going which will make things easier. I've slowly let my friends and family in on the trip, and waited til the end to tell mom. Anyhow, I should have net access over there but I wanted to say goodbye for now. If anyone wants to APO addy send me a PM and I'll provide it when I know it!!

Good luck in your deployment Nick! Stay safe!

>Sometime after x-mas the 106 RQW and it's Pavehawks are deploying to the SWA, ( Southwest Asia, not airlines ) <

Well first off Good luck and be safe.
And secondly are all the Hawks heading out?

Be Safe!!! Best of luck!

Have a good trip... Where are you guys deploying to?

Good luck and be safe, keep in touch on the forum with us.

Nicholas Buttgereit
455 EAMXS / HH60
APO AE 09354

:borat: :borat: I'm gettin by, it's gone better than I expected for my first trip. TTY all soon!!

Good luck Nick! Let's be careful out there...

Hey everyone, just checking in to say we're all doing well. It's plenty of work to maintain our acft on alert 24/7 and we already have a save to our credit. You spotters would love the daily traffic here, some stuff I've never seen before, plus a few surprise visitors!!

Nice man! The McGuire KC10s do 2 month deployments to Bagram. I can only imagine the type of air traffic that base sees though!

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Nice man! The McGuire KC10s do 2 month deployments to Bagram. I can only imagine the type of air traffic that base sees though!

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Saw one land here, also saw one draggin some fighters right over the base!!

Glad you're having a good time, Nick. Keep a list of what you're seeing out there. I'll expect a full report on my desk at 0900!

Be safe out there.

Plenty of amateur P&S pics to follow when I can get a decent connection.

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Nice pics keep 'em comin, that is if your CO or whoever permits
Nick quick question, whats your job in the 106? Mech?
Be safe out there man!

Yeap, crew chief.

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very nice! you put a huge smile on this -60 guy's face!

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I've always been wondering about something like this.
Forgive my ignorance lol. How did the 106 get their helos over there?
Fly 'em over - keep refueling and following the coastline of Asia down to Japan?
To me this seems like the most probable but thats one heck of a long trip there.
Or did they just reposition the personel and assign the helos there?
Or fly everyone over helos and all inside a C-17 (I'm thinking of when they did that with the decommisioned F-14 minus the wings)?

Got any pics of the C17 that landed gear up??? :oops:

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I've always been wondering about something like this.
Forgive my ignorance lol. How did the 106 get their helos over there?
Fly 'em over - keep refueling and following the coastline of Asia down to Japan?
To me this seems like the most probable but thats one heck of a long trip there.
Or did they just reposition the personel and assign the helos there?
Or fly everyone over helos and all inside a C-17 (I'm thinking of when they did that with the decommisioned F-14 minus the wings)?

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The birds got there by C-5/C-17. The blades fold up.

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The birds got there by C-5/C-17. The blades fold up.

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Here's a shot of an HH-60 being stuffed into a C-17:
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Yeap, that's Kadena. We usually replace them.

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Home!! Thanks to a World Airways DC-10. Went from Asia to Europe to North America in 18 hours roughly. Pics later when I get home, got a quick flight from BWi to JFK later on.

Welcome back, ! Thank you for your service. Crew Chiefs are the salt of the earth ! Godspeed !

Welcome back Nick! Thank you for your service to our fine country.

Welcome back, Nick. Glad you are home safe and sound!

Welcome home Nick! Hope you have a few days for R&R at home!

Welcome back!

Mabruk! Welcome back.

Thanks everyone. If only you could have seen the ramp at Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan. All sorts of stuff I'll probably never see again.