Snowbound
A Healing Spirit\Aunt Delia's Legacy\Caught By Surprise
"DIVE LEFT! Dive left!" Corporal Chet Beltran screamed into his microphone.
Marine Corps Captain Tahcha Grant, pilot of the mighty CH-53E Super Stallion, instantly took evasive action. Her aircraft, the largest military helicopter operating in Afghanistan, groaned and shuddered as she gripped the collective tighter, working the rudders. Dammit!
The stress of the unexpected maneuver caused the huge engines to shrill. Out of the corner of her eye, Tahcha saw the missile, a bright yellow light emanating from the barren brown desert below. Her heart rate soared. Her mouth went dry. It felt as if she were going to burst apart from the sudden adrenaline pouring through her body.
"It's a surface-to-air missile!" the crew chief yelled, his voice cracking with terror. "It's comin' right at us!"
Tahcha wheeled the large, unwieldy helicopter to the left, knowing there wasn't much chance of outwitting the missile. Her team was in the mountainous region near the Pakistan border, flying a special ops mission. They had flown under cover of darkness from their air base out on the plains. Hedge-h ... read full excerpt from: Snowbound ebook
