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A bad day for the heli's - 3 more down...

Postby Saitek » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:00 am

A US UH-1 downed here no casualties:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle ... 538058.stm

A Russian Mi-8 down with the loss of all 15 on board.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3537698.stm

A Pakistani Mi-7 down with the loss of 13
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3537740.stm

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Re: A bad day for the heli's - 3 more down...

Postby ATI_7500 » Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:38 pm

Triple ouch...
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Postby ozzy72 » Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:43 pm

I reported the Mi-8 earlier, strewth 3 in one day, this is not good :(
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Postby RichieB16 » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:22 pm

I didn't realize the US military still used the UH-1 Huey.  I heard stories about those things from my dad who flew in them in the late 60s!
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Postby chomp_rock » Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:11 pm

What a shame  :(
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Postby Blackbird971 » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:47 am

I didn't realize the US military still used the UH-1 Huey.  I heard stories about those things from my dad who flew in them in the late 60s!

The huey is still a much used helo. Not for combat stuff mind you, but behind the scenes stuff.
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