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SPECIAL OPERATIONS DEMOS!

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PHOTO: THE POTUS FLYING SPECOPS STYLE IN AFGHANISTAN ABOARD A 160th SOAR MH-47G

                As reported first here at Aviationintel.com, live on the Lars Larson National Radio Show, and on John Batchelor Show, the POTUS flew with the same unit, and aboard the same specific type … Read the rest of this entry

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EXCLUSIVE: “ARMY ONE” OVER AFGHANISTAN- PRESIDENT OBAMA ARRIVES IN KABUL, FLIES WITH US ARMY 160th SOAR ABOARD A SPECOPS MH-47G CHINOOK!

Was this an homage to the same guys that delivered the US Navy DEVGRU SEAL operators to Osama Bin Laden’s hideout a year ago today? Is the MH-47 more incognito and survivable than Marine One over such a hostile territory … Read the rest of this entry

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SOCOM IS ABOUT TO GO SHOPPING

After those SEALs went down in an CH-47D, an old, tired helicopter not equipped for the special operations mission, I think this is totally relevant. *Some of you may say that a high end insertion platform may have made no … Read the rest of this entry

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SEAL TEAM 6 & THE 160th SOAR TAKE A HUGE LOSS IN AFGHANISTAN

Today brought JUST TERRIBLE NEWS. An MH-47 Chinook from the 160th SOAR took a RPG hit resulting in a massive loss of life onboard. The helicopter and its eclectic warriors were responding as a fast reaction force for troops who were needing … Read the rest of this entry

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PURCHASING NEW VIP & NON COMBAT LOGISTICS HELICOPTERS ARE MORE OF A PRIORITY THAN NEW CSAR HELICOPTERS????

So buying an overblown, non-deployable force protection asset is more important than giving the Combat Search And Rescue guys a better suited machine than what they have been stuck with for years. The HH-60G is really operating at the edge … Read the rest of this entry

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A Tribute To The “Hookers”

I have heard that H-47 drivers are a different breed: Now this is an extraction: Look at where the rear rotor blades are in relation to the rock wall: WHEELIES!: Another killer tail sit: Chasing the basket: Hitting the ropes:

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