The Airshow Reminds Me Of The Unsung Heroes

The recent airshow reminds me of my national service in the Air Force back on the year 2001. If I remembered correctly, 5 of us (national service technicians) and 1 senior specialist were in charge of pumping the red dye on all the A4 aircrafts (Black Knight) during national day. It was real hard work. We had to wear a pair of googles and gloves, "butcher coat" , oxygen mask and pulled our overall sleeves to hand level , mixing and pumping the dye under the scorching hot sun. My friends and I used to laugh and called out "butcher at work" at one another as our gears were covered with "fresh red blood". I remembered how worried everyone were, especially my senior specialist, whether the dye was able to diffuse visibly on the actual day itself! I got a sigh of relief when my parents called and told me that the dye was indeed very very red..hahaha



It was bit disappointed as the focus were belong to the pilots. As for our rewards, a few days off from work.

I hereby would like to send my respect to the backstage people who are either mixing the dyes on the airshow or the coming national day, Good job guys!