Sometimes the reality of what is going on around us catches up to me. Our day-to-day consists of waking at a reasonable hour, having a relaxing breakfast, a trip to the airport, flights around the country, and back to the crew house. Because of the 'security' situation, shall we say, we do not venture outside of our fifteen foot razor-wire topped walls. But, from time to time a little bit of reality is thrown up in front of my eyes. The other day, our departure was delayed for a extra couple of minutes by a flight of two military helicopters that requested priority to land. ATC: "Sir, confirm you are a Medivac flight?" Pilot: "That's affirm. We are a Medivac." ATC: "Do you require an ambulance?" Pilot: "Yes." The helicopters passed quickly in front of us,
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