And I was about to be hanging out the side of the aircraft shooting at targets on the side of a mountain.Įven watching from the ground was exciting. I mean, a helicopter gunship tearing across the sky at twilight? Add a giant alien robot and an explosion or two and you've got a Michael Bay movie.Įxcept, in this case, none of it was computer generated. Was I was really about to fly in and fire a machine gun from a helicopter gunship? As I watched the two crew members carry the SAW and ammo box to the Eurocopter AS350 that had just touched down on the valley floor, it felt as though my life had become a movie.
I couldn't help but wonder if this was really happening.
The chopper crested the horizon and slowly descended onto the gravel landing pad a few feet away from where I stood.
