Marines Battle Iraqis And The Heat To Keep Their Aircraft
Flying In Iraq
The weary Marine slowly lowered himself into his chair off to
the side of the flightline in the hot, Iraqi sun.
Cpl. Robert T. Smith, aviation ordnance technician, Marine Light
Attack Helicopter Squadron 167, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd
Marine Aircraft Wing, from Marine Corps Air Station New River (NC)
has been up and about re-arming, checking and re-checking weapons
systems on UH-1N Hueys and AH-1W Cobras every time his squadron's
pilots get tagged with a mission at its headquarters on the Al
Taqaddum Air Base.