The heavy helicopter door slowly pulled up and locked.
The rotor speed reached its peak, and the massive body, amid the roaring engines and billowing sand, struggled slightly to lift off from the ground. After a brief hover to adjust its direction, it accelerated towards the southeast, towards Baghdad, growing smaller and smaller until it merged into the azure horizon, leaving only the gradually receding buzzing sound.
It wasn't long after the Ferrari had been sent off that the sound of rotors echoed in the air as the withdrawal of the main forces of the "Liberation Forces" entered its final stage.
A U.S. Army painted UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopter, under the close protection of two attack helicopters equipped with rocket pods, landed steadily in a near-show-off manner at the spot where the old Mi-8 had just been parked.
