[SZonian]

"The amount of redundancy that's built into the aircraft, the beefiness of the airplane – it's a strong bird, and it can take some licks and keep on ticking, and get you to safety," Austin said. "That's what saved my ass and got me out, and it saved those guys in Sudan. I wouldn't want to fly any other aircraft in combat."

[SZonian]

Active duty ping.

[Yossarian]

A.A. Cunningham ping. (Haven’t seen you around in a while, but maybe you lurk....)

[hadaclueonce]

blasting muslims with a big .50 BMG ping!

Parts are parts!

[mad_as_he$$]

This to be fiction. I saw on FR that the V-22 was a delicate butterfly that could be swatted down by a child with a spit ball.

Good on ya AF crews!!!

[PGR88]

A medic in Rooster 74 assessed the wounds suffered by the SEALs in Rooster 73 by radio and organized a "mobile blood bank," drawing blood from others on his flight with blood types matching the wounded so they could be transfused quickly at Entebbe.

Still a practice now that practicing homosexuals can serve freely?

[centurion316]

They are all permissive environments until they aren’t and the transition is quick. My reaction was always: they can’t be shooting at us. As a passenger on these type of excellent adventures, all I could do was observe the crews in action and admire their professionalism and coolness. I much preferred my life in the infantry.

[rlmorel]

Ahhhh. I missed something...I didn’t know they put .50 cal on those...I thought they were still using the .240.

What a difference THAT must make...instead of a “brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr” sound that irritates the enemy, you get a “WHAMWHAMWHAMWHAM” sound that makes them run in every direction!