Blackhawks for the Seahawks

Today is the big NFC Championship game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Carolina Panthers. As of this writing the Seahawks are doing pretty well. They are up 17-7. Who will go to the Super Bowl? I don't pretend to know anything about football, but when you live in Seattle and the Seahawks are doing as well as they have this year, you can't help but pay attention and say Go Seahawks!

A few days ago there was a little excitement in the office because there were a bunch of helicopters making a lot of noise in the downtown area. Speculation was that it was practice for security for the game or something. But as it turns out, it was the practice for five Fort Lewis-based UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to fly over Qwest Field during the opening ceremonies of the game.

Sure enough, shortly after 3:30 today I once again heard the roar of helicopters from my desk which is located near the interior of my office building. Those things are loud! I grabbed the camera and ran to get this picture of the Blackhawks heading toward the stadium.


I read that this flight formation involves more than 30 soldiers including eight pilots who are veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Stay tuned for the final game score...