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

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:00 am
by Saitek
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

Ben

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

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:38 pm
by ATI_7500
Triple ouch...

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

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:43 pm
by ozzy72
I reported the Mi-8 earlier, strewth 3 in one day, this is not good :(

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

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:22 pm
by RichieB16
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!

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

PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 10:11 pm
by chomp_rock
What a shame  :(

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

PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:47 am
by Blackbird971
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.