Extra! IFR Magazine Takes You into the World of Combat IFR

December 30, 2008
By Jeff Van West,
IFR Editor-in-Chief



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Think you're working hard when you fly on the gauges? Try doing it in a war zone. IFR magazine editor Jeff Van West talks with Major Ken Holston about what it's like to fly missions in the venerable C-130 through the clouds over Iraq and Afghanistan and shoot approaches where the local hazards include temporary runways, sketchy weather reporting, and shoulder-fired missiles.

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