US Chinook Down in Afghanistan?
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From: Downeast
Fox news had a video of the scene...smoking depression in the ground...scraps of unrecognizable metal....flames still going....locals shoveling dirt over the wreckage to put out the fire. A collection point for casualties covered in some sort of bedding. Dust storm blowing....
It was a pretty bad scene. Reminds me of some I saw in other places in other times. Usually not much left but the compressor sections, rotor heads....and the landing gear....and the odd bits of scrap metal and rifles and other metallic bits of gear.
Prayers for those lost and their loved ones. Once again, it reminds us of the cost our military is paying in the war.
It was a pretty bad scene. Reminds me of some I saw in other places in other times. Usually not much left but the compressor sections, rotor heads....and the landing gear....and the odd bits of scrap metal and rifles and other metallic bits of gear.
Prayers for those lost and their loved ones. Once again, it reminds us of the cost our military is paying in the war.
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From: N2832W8100
Dunno if this is appropriate, but here is footage of a Helicopter shot down in Afgahnistan, possibly Russian, the pilot escapes!
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/helishotdown.html
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/helishotdown.html
Last edited by autosync; 8th April 2005 at 00:24.
