Marines over Helmand...

[Shocman]

Hi Tony, very interesting set of images!!!
I like the Harriers, picture number 4 is like a model kit diorama...

Thanks for share,

Greetings from Chile!!!
Shocman

[TonyO]

Thanks for the interest in the images, I hoped they would go down well. I am adding a few unrelated non-Marine Corps images to the thread just to give a taste of the variety out there.

[Kenny]

Just saw that Kiowa on your website. Gorgeous

[Epic Formacion]

[F-22 Raptor A]

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Why the ?

[Epic Formacion]

:wall:

Why the ?

Its because I used to be in Kandahar with a photo permit and I can't get one for Kabul - and the traffic isn't so punchy up north.

[IanOlder]

Superb images, very interesting to see these types in operational configuration.
Captured them very nicely, can't imagine the conditions were always that easy to work in.

[KevinJ]

Good to see these finally, well worth putting up with ND for a few weeks!

[agdickie]

Lovely stuff MrO, Harvest Hawk is quite the catch and that Blackhawk shot is a doozy.

[TonyO]

Some Chinooks at Kandahar...

[ranger703]

Good stuff Tony.

Does having a photo permit allow you to subsequently publish the images you have taken? I know you were operating under a journalistic license Tony but just wondered what they advised.

Andy

[TonyO]

Hi Andy,

There was no photo permit, we had a PAO with us who guided where we could take and point our cameras and there was no free licence to take images. As much as we'd have liked to have snapped something secret and rare taxiing by it wasn't worth the trouble we would/could have got into. All the shots posted have been seen or checked by someone whether that be in an article I or Neil has written or with officials looking at the camera afterwards. But if you think there is something questionable, let me know.

[BatmanIX]

Will you please stop drip feeding us images and just post them all up!!!

Paul