“Before I joined the Air Force, I hoped I’d get to do something like this. “How many people in the Air Force can say they’ve done what we’re doing? We ride (across Iraq) in ‘up-armored’ 5-ton gun trucks, manning heavy weapons,” he said. He said that despite the danger, he loves his job. 50-caliber machine gun while standing in a steel box on the back of one of the unit’s armor-plated, 5-ton “gun trucks.” As a heavy gunner, he rides in the last truck of the convoy, scanning the horizon for would-be attackers.
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“That's important because no military person or government contractor in the northern part of Iraq would have food to eat, water to drink, or fuel for their vehicles if we didn't do what we do.”īut what they do comes with risks that are obvious to every Airman during each convoy mission, Captain Smith said.Īirman 1st Class Michael Ross faces the risks several times each week as he travels the roads of northern Iraq, manning a. “Our main mission is to provide gunship convoy escorts for sustainment trucks as far south as (Tikrit, Iraq),” Captain Smith said. Harley Smith, commander of more than 140 Airmen assigned to Detachment 1 of the 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here. That is because they realize the importance of what they do, said Capt. MOSUL, Iraq (AFPN) - The hours are long, and their jobs are dangerous, but Airmen keeping supply lines running on northern Iraq roads are determined to keep on trucking.
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