Subject: Re: Bagram Air Base
Was that rhetorical? Of course he doesn't remember. As he doesn't remember Dien Bien Phu.

I don't know how closely the US media covered Dien Bien Phu. That was in the mid 50s, and a French disaster, rather than USian.

I sure as heck remember the siege of Khe Sanh. It was on the news nearly every evening. I remember them showing film of how the base was resupplied: a Herc barely touching the runway, with the back door open, and a chute pulling the pallet of supplies out of the plane, then the Herc immediately grabbing altitude again. I said "cool!"

His nibs is seven years older than me. He must have heard about it.

Steve...HBTT