Angel of Mercy
“He worked in aircraft maintenance at the Air Base. In the summer, Corporal Giacomo fought a pitched battle against sand. Sand in the radiators caused overheating. Sand in the manifold caused engine miss, and eventually engine failure. Sand in the fuel injectors caused planes to fall out of the sky. Corporal Giacomo swore that, when his hitch was over, he would never visit a beach again.
The winter brought about different issues. Most of his winter days were spent trying to keep the anti-freeze ...in the aging C-130’s from freezing. Most people didn’t know that, in spite of its name, anti-freeze can freeze under the harsh conditions in Afghanistan. Airplane de-icing equipment works really well to 160 degrees below zero. To the layman that would seem sufficient.
Many of the planes under Corporal Giacomo’s care saw wind chill of less than 200 degrees below zero on a winter night flight. Aircraft maintenance personnel fought the ice and the cold weather decay just as hard, or harder, than they did the sand in the summer.MoreLess
The winter brought about different issues. Most of his winter days were spent trying to keep the anti-freeze ...in the aging C-130’s from freezing. Most people didn’t know that, in spite of its name, anti-freeze can freeze under the harsh conditions in Afghanistan. Airplane de-icing equipment works really well to 160 degrees below zero. To the layman that would seem sufficient.
Many of the planes under Corporal Giacomo’s care saw wind chill of less than 200 degrees below zero on a winter night flight. Aircraft maintenance personnel fought the ice and the cold weather decay just as hard, or harder, than they did the sand in the summer.MoreLess
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