Terrible U.S. Air Force Tragedy

byDanWest

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10 years ago

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/10/01/c-130-crashes-afghanistan/73173916/

Friends, yesterday a C-130 cargo plane crashed in Afghanistan and we lost several brave Americans, along with some innocent Afghani civilians. It is a sad day for all their families, the C-130 community, and the good people at my former base and airlift group. Please keep their families in your prayers.

I write a lot about veterans and those who served, but sometimes it is easy to forget that there are thousands of people CURRENTLY serving across the globe. As we say in the Air Force, when we lose an airman (a tribute from the Air Force song):

Here`s a toast to the host of those who love the vastness of the sky

To a friend we send a message of his brother men who fly.

We drink to those who gave their all of old

Then down we roar to score the rainbow's pot of gold.

A toast to the host of men we boast, the U.S. Air Force!