UAV Site, Liaoning Province, Peoples Republic of China
Apale sliver of light was just showing along the eastern horizon as the Chinese helicopter banked into a hard series of turns and began to bleed off altitude. Shake caught an occasional glimpse of dark water and realized they were somewhere near the infamous Yalu River. There were no lights that he could see as the pilots tightened the descending spirals and brought the aircraft into a landing attitude. As the crew chief hauled open the door, a blast of frigid air howled into the cargo compartment. Shake leaned over to take a look at the rapidly-approaching ground, but there was nothing to see beyond a few snow-covered hummocks that reflected the helicopter’s landing lights. When the aircraft dropped into ground effect, everything bel
