Afghanistan Operations

After three months in the Western Pacific, it was time for Lars and the rest of the Black Eagles to get a little real work done. The REAGAN settled in off the coast of Pakistan in late August and started flying combat operations into Afghanistan in support of coalition troops on the ground. Here is Lars 5724 miles from his home at Point Mugu, CA.

Lars made a new friend when he got to Afghanistan. Talking Ronald Reagan showed up just in time to participate in Operation Enduring Freedom. Here are Lars and Ronny flying over Afhganistan.

Lars continued his quest to fly with every pilot in the Black Eagles. Here he is flying copilot for "Awesome" Adam shortly after a daytime launch off REAGAN.



And here he is with Randy "Cookie." Cookie is one of our NFOs who usually ride in the back of the plane. I think he was a little confused by that big yellow glowing ball outside the plane that we pilots like to call the sun. Sometimes Cookie will go days at a time without seeing it.


This is Lars somewhere over Pakistan flying copilot for Nate "IKE."



And here he is with the sweet voice of the boulevard, Kellen "Two Times." For some reason the Air Force pilots flying over Afghanistan really loved hearing Two Times' voice over the radio. It is kind of a cross between Barry White and the Ladies Man from Saturday Night Live. I guess Air Force pilots are in pretty bad shape when the sound of another man's voice is enough to get them excited...