All that stuff about rescuing the prisoners is all fine, but quite one-offish. Crew members remember...dollar ride, cone for the zone, double-dippers (end & beginning of month in war zone, for combat pay/tax benis), SANDY (fir for Saigon), CAM, Round-house in Frankfurt, Crazy Sexy, layovers/stages in Torrejon, Mildenhall, Lajes, Incirlik, Elmendorf, Yakota, etc, F/E's figuring how to max per diem, $2 for BOQ room, cockpit that could fit 10 people comfortably, 270 strokes, over-powered climbs, damn checkrides, 28-hour days, and total aircraft forgiveness of dumb pilots. Lousy coffee, pissed in at Frankfurt, box lunches w stale sandwiches for 60 cents, etc etc, & so much more. One flight for the prisoners, 43 years of the rest...guess it depends on who is looking. Whata machine! Sadsack Sam