My buddy's uncle Korean air war story

[Matt308]

A C130 driver in the office used to haul the KIAs out of Nam. He said it was the most God awful flights. Between the emotions and cargo, he said what sticks in his mind was the sickly sweet smell of dead bodies. He said it made him uncontrollably salivate. So much that he could not swallow and had to spit it out or he felt he would drown. He confided that he had no idea why he had such a reaction to the revolting smell. It was obviously very painful for him.

[Ramirezzz]

Originally Posted by Matt308

A C130 driver in the office used to haul the KIAs out of Nam. He said it was the most God awful flights. Between the emotions and cargo, he said what sticks in his mind was the sickly sweet smell of dead bodies. He said it made him uncontrollably salivate. So much that he could not swallow and had to spit it out or he felt he would drown. He confided that he had no idea why he had such a reaction to the revolting smell. It was obviously very painful for him.

That reminds me of stories which my friend's father, pilot of a "black tulip" ( nickname of the IL-76 cargo plane which had in Afganistan war the same sad role as the C130 KIA's transporter in Vietnam) often told us. For example , they used to climb wth a very high rate during every takeoff because of danger of being hit with "Stinger" missiles which were used by mojaheddin. Another one was about one young member of his crew , navigator, who saw the discharging of flares for the first time and thought that the aircraft's engine was hit by a missile.