Friday, November 4, 2011

Military Airways: The Most Unique Way to Fly...

Military airports are simply off the hook. That's partially because they have a destination list that makes London Heathrow look provincial. Where else does your flight departure board read: Kirkuk, Bagram, Baghdad, Kuwait, Ramstein, Baltimore, Kandahar, Kunduz, Manas...okay, so maybe they're not all places I want to visit (especially B'more), but at least you can chalk up some exotic points. I'm still trying to interpret the blank stare I got from the lady checking boarding passes for my C-17 when I asked if they're part of Star Alliance--I guess its just something I'll have to investigate when I get home. Okay, so the flight itself is kind of uncomfortable (a cloth fold-down chair, turned sideways, with a metal bar "conveniently" placed under your legs), but I did have pallets of bombs and a gi-huge-ic propeller staring at me the entire flight. Not sure why that stuff excites me, especially considering I grew up so far from anything military in the CA burbs, but I guess it's part of being a guy. So in sum, I'm finally on the ground. A few more stops until my destination, but here nonetheless.

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