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Old 27th Apr 2013, 13:47
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1967....Fort Wolters, Texas....Army's Primary Flight Training School.

A small wind came up...blew 179 TH-55A's (Hughes 300) into the perimeter fence destroying 45 and seriously damaging 134.

1989....Fort Hood, Texas...another small wind blew up....did 15 Million Dollars damage to Hangars, 585 Million Dollars damage to Helicopters. Over 100 AH-64's were damaged or destroyed, along with Blackhawks, Huey Cobra's, Hueys, and Kiowa's. One Huey left its skids nicely secured to the ramp....and other aircraft saw 5,000 Pound Rated Tie Down Straps parted. Units were rendered Combat Ineffective by the storm.
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