The
Iron Flight winning team: back row FSGT Andrew Giacomo, CPL Michelle Hamilton,
LACW Belina Connor, LAC Craig Horne, LAC Mick Godfrey and
CPL Westy Westgarth; front row CPL Mel Driver, CPL
Bron Howell, SGT Deb Harris- Walker and FLGOFF Nathan Kirby.
IT
STARTED at Long Island with Alan Bond lifting Australia II out
of the water to reveal the secret weapon – the winged keel – and
the tradition continues with a small band of Aussies taking trophies
away from their American hosts.
Joining the 2004 Fire Muster Champions Trophy on the Commander
Combat Support Element’s shelf is the US Air Force’s pride, their
Iron Flight Trophy.
Aussies are well outnumbered on the US Air Force base in the Middle
East Area of Operations but that has always been good enough reason
to give it your best shot; we love being underdogs.
The Aussies watched their hosts warming up. It was obvious they
meant business but it was the Aussies who won the trophy and were
crowned the Iron Flight.
What
was required to win:
Teams
10
people a team;
one
team member must be an officer;
five
team members must be male; and
five
people must be female.
Competition
as
many pushups in one minute as possible (90 degree at the elbows
in the down position);
as
many sit ups in one minute as possible (arms crossed on the chest,
elbows touch the legs in the up position);
