Probably one of the scariest things i've experienced was after we moved from Balad, Iraq (bout 30km north of bahgdad) To a place called Al Asad. . .near the Syrian border.
We were sent there to proved Air traffic control services to 3rd air cavalry (apaches...etc) after our work there was done (about a month) we started the 5 hr trek back to balad (14 trucks. . so it was a small convoy) in appreciation for helping them out, we got a 6 apache escort for the trip, which was good, because we saw numerous 'suspicous' lokcations that afterward we found out were at least 10 ambush sites that would have smoked us if the birds werent flying along.
I was in the lead vehicle . .when to my right I see a little toyota truck haulin ass thru the desert converging on our convoy. I radio'd the commander who then relayed it to the pilots. Soon they were close enough for me to see 2 guys in the truck and two in the back w/ a stolen MRK-19 (mark 19) which is a grenade launcher (technically a machine gun) when they were about 150m away, I saw the apache fly in from behind at about 50 in the air......flew over the truck and made a 180degree turn at the nose to face the truck...so now the truck still hauling ass, has a locked and cocked apache staring him in the face. .. windshield to windshield, and is flying backwards in time w/ the truck. (later the pilot said he was close enough to count their nose hairs..)
The truck makes a quick turn and hauls ass away from the convoy . .the apache trails behind. ...they were gonna let him go or w/e. . but as the truck was leaving, one of the retards shot a grenade our way (landed about 30m from my truck) so the apache obliged w/ a 1 way ticket to allah...
i've got a crap load more scary.....but that one was the most memorable...
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