Hi all.. I'm on the other side of the world from most of you right now, so the 24 hour rule is helpful. I just woke up, poured my first cuppa, and most of you are probably heading off to bed - or have already done so.
Well done O Ops! -- Sheberghan it is! I thought it would take longer as there are / were many similar places in Afghanistan (the pix are from 2007) but noting the terrain (slopes on the edge of a desert) likely helped a lot. Here is another view on arrival. We always had to verify (quickly and accurately, both before and after landing) whether the greeting party were "ours" or "theirs".
Take it away O Ops!