Knew, flew with, laughed with and at, drank with and cried for the guys we lost.
A sad time but there are bad times still to come for those left behind. When we bring the guys home and get into the time of the funerals it will hit their friends and families just as hard. (It will also be a time of lots of media coverage, some good, some bad).
Feel sad, don't be embarrassed to laugh or to cry but look after those around you in the times to come.
Good friends lost, wing forever folded