Minus the Color... Ansel Adams Style.

We took a flight to a very scenic part of the country today. Our final destination was at 8,500' above sea level and a few of the ridges we crossed took us above 12,000'. As I went through my pictures I decided to change it up a bit. Sometimes, less it more. Here are a few from the flight (click to enlarge):

A typical work day...

Brian and Brian going at it. Big Brian thinks it would be fun to pick up little Brian and toss him around like a rag-doll. But little Brian has some fight in him... pretty much choked him out right there!


Matt passed some gas... everyone ran, but Dennis figured he'd just stick his nose in the bag of sunflower seeds to offset the smell.



This is our bear. It was the last bit of morale we had after we were told to take down all the fun pictures. "This place is a work environment. If you're not working, you need to leave."


So we decided to get rid of it. The shredder didn't work... too thick.


So we took it to the next level. Skewer the poor thing...


Add a little something to speed up the process, so as not to torture the poor little guy...


And I suppose you can figure out the rest.



Still going at it.

This is my friend Dennis and I. He'll be mad at me for posting this picture, but such is life! We had our first flight together today and had a great time.




I couldn't decide which of these pictures I liked more, so I posted both.

Same stuff, different day.

My buddy and I flew a pretty uneventful mission the other day... had to document the occasion!


Pretty much the coolest looking pilot I've ever seen!


Going in for a landing!




Our French passengers showed up just as we were getting back from lunch. We were sitting outside chowing down and had some extra food so we decided to share. It's all about international relations!

Hangin' out.

A day in Afghanistan...

This is my kitchen/bathroom... I clean my coffee stuff here in the mornings, brush my teeth at night, and when my hair needs to be cut, this is where I do it. Thankfully I've only dropped my scrub brush over the edge once.

Cleaning out my sweet OSU cup!

Chaplain Campbell and I before worship on Sunday morning. I usually have another guy that sings with me, but he's off doing Army stuff at another base.

Following Jeff and his lost PC to drop off some pax.