of my aircraft just after 7 pm but before the sunset; in Iraq the sun sets at about 7:20 PM during the summer months. I mention this because as a member of the night crew I arrive to work at 1730 (5:30 PM) to begin my day. By the time the sun sets we have eaten chow and conducted our flight brief. We gather our gear and walk to the aircraft to conduct the evenings mission. For our squadron I have found that we tend to fly fewer hours at night compared to the amount of hours we fly during the day. I do not really mind that because flying at night is definitely more challenging then day flying. I will explain in more detail in my next post. After our mission we debrief and wait for the 0600 breakfast run. After morning chow I depart the squadron at about 0630 or 0700 for bed. I sleep until 4 PM and then my day starts all over again. Its kind of like Ground hog day - except at night - same routine night after night. Have a good night.
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