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Old 8th Jul 2015, 11:05
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minigundiplomat
 
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I recall coming back from a night resupply to Nowzad in early Herrick days and finding the aircraft listed heavily to the right when we tried to land on one of the old spots.

I went off the back to locate the problem - which was a 2 and a half foot boulder jammed between the two front left wheels (jammed enough to stay in place for a 35 min vibrating recovery to BSN).

We ended up holding it on the back wheels whilst the engineers unscrewed the outer wheel.

Happy days.....
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