Ahhh... the luxury of US ARMY travel

[underpants]

http://www.c-span.org/

[spin]

1. Well, it does look more "green" than the average aircraft. (n/t)

[sarge43]

14. It'll be even greener when the dude in the middle of that mob

starts to get airsick.

[Siwsan]

Been there, done that

I flew to Iceland in a plane, like that. When I left, I flew out on a cargo flight. We sat, strapped seats that were little more than netting. Most memorable.

[underpants]

4. I never had to fly in gear

my last flight home from Germany was in a 757 PACKED and I got the inside of the 7 wide aisle-all the Desert Storm guys got to go first (this was 1993)

the airline was Evergreen-had never heard of it. Turns out the owner is a big contributor (guess to whom) and makes BANK off these kinds of flights.

[Siwsan]

8. I think I was wearing dress blues

At least on the way to duty in Iceland. I remember it was cold in that cargo plane. There were only about 6 passengers and NO bathroom facilities. I was warned, ahead of time, and kept the liquids to a minimum.

[underpants]

12. I got to Ramstein and asked the guy "Do I HAVE to fly in greens?"

he gave me a noncommital answer so they went back in the trunk of the car of the guy who gave me a ride

The flight was 8 hours long-we circled Pittsburgh for an hour...on our way to Philly :shrug:

[rpannier]

2. Every seat a First Class seat

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

3. People have asked me why I would jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

I always responded, " You haven't been on very many military aircraft have you."

David

[spin]

19. Every landing you can walk away from is a good landing..

especially in the military.

The military pilots never seemed to worry much about soft landings.

[NeedleCast]

5. Ahhh, memories

Memories of things that sucked.

[BOSSHOG]

6. Hey Squids traveled like that as well

only worse. My flight out of Saudi in 96 was Sardineville in a C-130, the sweetest flight I ever took.

Note to fake patriots: The best way to support the troops is to join them.

[Career Prole]

18. Sure. But sometimes we got to...

...stretch out. That was the life. Providing of course one wasn't claustrophobic! :D



The picture was captioned "typical Navy racks", but these particular guys were lucky. They were on the end.
When they looked out of their curtains they only saw a regular wall instead of another wall of snorin' sailors.

[CRK7376]

7. The Joy of a C17....

packed and racked for those long intercontinental flights. Only better flights involve wearing a parachute and exiting a "High Performance Aircraft" while in flight....

[itsrobert]

9. At least there are no kids running up/down the aisles or babies screaming

I been on a few rotators with dependents on them, they are not fun. But I also flown on 130's, 5's, 141, KC-10, 135's, etc.

[sarge43]

10. Misty water colored memories

"I'm over the North Pole in a C-135 that's been in service at least long as I have. I've got the warmest place on this rambling wreak, on top of a humongous cargo crate. Every pay check a fortune, every meal a feast, every day an adventure. I'm getting too old for this shit."

[cobalt1999]

11. Try a C-141 all the way to New Zealand

OMG, not even a window to look out of!

[Turbineguy]

13. As I had it explained to me:

Sometimes they have coffee. Sometimes it's hot. Sometimes they have cups.

[Initech]

15. My buddy had to fly from Houston to Iraq in one of those things.

I cant imagine how much THAT flight would suck!

[Thothmes]

16. In the 70s

made a flight from Diego Garcia to Clark AFB in the Philippines on a cargo configured C-141. Metal bench seat on the a/c fusilage side with a full load of cargo pallets in the bay. No heat if I remember correctly.

[JFN1]

17. Makes me all nostalgic...

Ah, the call of the cattle car...

[MajorChode]

20. That's actually USAF travel...

The US Army doesn't have any heavy haulers.