Update (9) US Troops Dead as Black Hawk Crashes Near Fallujah

[tnitsuj]

from reuters.com

 

[Ldir]

RIP

 

[freegeeks]

Black Hawk Down 2 - The Sequel

next year in theatres

 

[Red Dawn]

Seems like those Blackhawks are sitting Ducks

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Seems like those Blackhawks are sitting Ducks

I hope it wasn't the guys I worked with over here when I set their Computers up. We just sent a whole squadron over there from Marietta just outside Atlanta here

Wouldn't want it to be anyone's squadron. I thought we owned the skies and the Country there? They shouldn't be sitting ducks. :|

 

[Red Dawn]

thought we owned the skies and the Country there?

Unruly tenants!

 

[mastertech01]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Seems like those Blackhawks are sitting Ducks

When I was in an aviation unit in Savannah Georgia, the pilots there had a slogan... Fly in a Crashhawk, Die in a Crashhawk

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: mastertech01

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Seems like those Blackhawks are sitting Ducks

When I was in an aviation unit in Savannah Georgia, the pilots there had a slogan... Fly in a Crashhawk, Die in a Crashhawk

Was this crash mechanical failure?

Normally as long as the main is intact it is pretty easy to auto-rotate these birds down, they are very well balanced.

We just had one go down into a softball field when some of the Falcons were flown over to the base to wish the squadron well as they left for Iraq. They took another bird over, repaired the down bird in the field on the spot and it was back in service. This wasn't even a month ago.

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674


I thought we owned the skies and the Country there? They shouldn't be sitting ducks. :|

Are you implying that we don't?

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Seems like those Blackhawks are sitting Ducks

With the shear number of helicopter flights in Iraq every day and the availability of weapons ranging from RPG's (modified) to MANPADS the odds are that helicopters will be shot down on a fairly regular basis. It is inevitable.

 

[sandorski]

I also heard that another cargo plane was fired upon today.

 

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