Alan C. Mack

So I'm watching that.

I watched the aircraft come into a hover on the train.

They're kicking ropes.

And all of a sudden I see, uh, what looks to be an RPG shot and the aircraft explodes and limps off, uh, off frame.

And it came apart.

Oh my gosh.

All those, those men down the slope and the aircraft came apart and lots of little pieces, uh,

Yeah.

And so the Chalk 2, the second aircraft, calls us back on the satellite radio.

And he's like, hey, you know, lead's down.

You know, what do you want me to do?

And so they told him to back off because he's got to assess the situation.

And now they're going to launch Mike.

QRF, my quick reaction force with the SEAL team out of Danak.

And so we run down to the aircraft.

Crew chiefs have already got it up to engine start for me.

I get in, strap in, start the engines.

I don't have to go through any of the other process.

No, this is get there as fast as you can and respond, which is what they did.

You're trying to put shooters on target, you know, so they can use their weapons.