Blackhawk Dropping Troops at Cobra

The sandstorm came without warning and swallowed the entire aviation brigade of the 101st Airborne whole. This pastel pencil piece captures the moment after — a UH-60 Blackhawk touching down at Cobra as the wall of sand closed in around them. The troops exit cautiously, knowing what's coming. For hours they laid and sat in the suffocating storm, waiting. And then, as the sand finally began to settle, the sun started its descent — painting the desert in shades of amber and fire. This is not a dramatic Hollywood moment. This is what it actually looked like — quiet courage in the middle of chaos, rendered in pastel on paper by someone who was there.