Sierra Six

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OneTwelve Years AgoZack Hightower and the five other men of Golf Sierra watched the scene before them as if they were merely spectators, when in fact they were the stars of the show, waiting in the wings for the play to begin.Fifty yards away from them, the ramp lowered slowly on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. A scarlet glow shot like a soft ray from inside the cabin, illuminating the tarmac, and the plane's four massive turboprops spun at idle, growling in the cool night.Ground crew worked feverishly around the aircraft, moving this way and that as they readied it for its upcoming flight.The light from the cabin did not quite reach Hightower and his men on the tarmac, they remained in the dark, gazing on, interested but unconcerned.The six men were armed and armored, festooned with heavy equipment and bulky parachutes, but they endured patiently, embracing the suck of the weight on their bodies. The sixty pounds of gear strapped to each man made unnecessary movement ill-advised, so...

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