[FlyLow]

I think this eMail clears-up the news about two Blackhawks crashing over Mosul, Iraq.

[Sacajaweau]

Thanks for the posting. We're thinking of these guys and of course are sad about the ones lost. It really hurts and I don't even know them.

[U S Army EOD]

Good post, I just hope the pilot can somehow get over the "Why am I still alive, when others died feeling". I had a close friend of mine shot down in Vietnam in a Cobra in which the other crewman was killed. I think he rides that bird down every night in his dreams.

[xzins]

I just can't believe they're flying as high as 300 feet.

Except for urban area hazards, that seem way too high to me.

Another great soldier tells it like it is.

[Question_Assumptions]

Is there a reason why these flights don't have attack helicopter escourts, especially over trouble spots? An attack helicopter is better able to take hits, better able to respond to fire, and puts fewer lives in danger if it is the focus of ground fire. They should send one along with the Blackhawks and Chinooks.