Originally Posted by
megan
All the years of hard won combat experience with the D and H model Hueys in Vietnam were all for nought, unimpeded access to the cabin for the troops and the gunners having unimpeded ability to lay down fire. Trouble was the personnel in Oz with the experience were not retained by the services.
Have they done a hot insertion (apart from Chinook) since Vietnam? How have the French and German achieved real hot insertions and extractions, land on and rappelling, with the same aircraft?