by Mitja on December 6, 2009
The original plan was to catch the Patriot Express from Seattle to Japan and another military flight from there to Singapore. We did not anticipate how much gear Marines carry with them or how many families were traveling on EML (Environmental Morale Leave). There were at least twenty people ahead of us when it was [...]
by Mitja on November 22, 2009
We made it to California in surprisingly good time, the second time I have gone Space-A with few troubles. From start to finish it took us 31 hours to go from Singapore to the Bay Area with about 18 hours in the air.
In Singapore the flight left early, leaving little time for Citrus and her [...]
by Mitja on June 16, 2009
Citrus and I are wrapping up our quick trip to California to visit my mom and I was hopeful that we would score an easy Space A military flight back to Singapore. It is not going to happen and I can’t say that we were not warned.
There were three scheduled flights headed East out of [...]
We hurried from the Air Force Inn to the terminal in the early morning. I was very proud of my three year old as she sat on top of the suitcase, half-asleep and hanging on as I raced the luggage cart down the street past base housing.
There were about twenty people waiting for the flight, [...]
Citrus and I flew Space A from Singapore to California by Space-A, and in record time! It was way cool.
Our first flight was from Singapore to Yakota Air Base in Japan. I was not too worried about getting seats on this leg of the trip and we showed up at the air terminal at 7:30 [...]