Flying Skill

I took this photo from The Daily Dish where Andrew Sullivan says that, while he has not verified the claim, he was told that it is our military making a rescue somewhere in Afghanistan. He says,

"Sometimes we forget what amazing people we have in the military - people with skills and balls most of us cannot even imagine. (...) I don't mean this as a typical look-at-me-I'm-a-patriot-Fox-News kind of gesture. But these kids are astonishing."

Indeed they are. Can you imagine the degree of skill required to fly that helicopter into that position, let alone hold it there?