Today, Mom and I drove to Mt. Pleasant and walked to the middle of the Ravenel Bridge to see the largest formation of C-17's in history. We stood on the bridge as a 20-ship formation flew over our heads. Pretty impressive to see them all turn out over the Atlantic Ocean, then turn to follow the Cooper River inland, right over the middle of the bridge.
Numbers 1 and 2 had their rear ramps open so that camera crews could shoot pictures of the rest of the huge formation in flight. After passing overhead at exactly their time-on-target (9:50 AM), the formation split up as half of the jets went to practice air refueling as the other half went to practice airdrop at Charleston AFB's auxillary field, North Field, near Orangeburg, SC.
This is the second year in a row that Charleston has executed a large formation exercise, as last year about this time, a 17-ship formation did the same thing. I don't know if it'll become an annual thing or not, with the formation growing every year, but it's definitely something to see. Maybe next time they do it, I can fly in the formation, assuming I would have been to airdrop school by then. I'm a big C-17 fan.
3 comments:
Is air drop just dropping supplies out of the C-17's butt?
You got it.
Congrats on being selected in to Special Ops....an elite group to say the least. Proud of ya!
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