FORT RUCKER, Ala. — It was early 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and I was flying as the tail gunner on a CH-47D Chinook. We were doing a troop movement from Camp Doha, Kuwait, to Balad, Iraq. At the time, we were still flying terrain flight altitudes due to radar threats, so the crew had to be proactive in identifying hazards to flight such as power lines and towers.
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