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To: CommerceComet

If people are taking potshots at an Air Force helicopter...

NVA training famous rule of thumb;
Before attempting a shot at a flying aircraft, extend your thumb out like Picasso in line with the target.

If your thumb totally blocks the target, save the ammunition.
If the target extended beyond your thumb, go for it.

At 1,000 AGL this was a lucky shot or some intense preparation.


10 posted on 08/12/2020 11:03:18 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
"Before attempting a shot at a flying aircraft, extend your thumb out like Picasso in line with the target.
If your thumb totally blocks the target, save the ammunition.
If the target extended beyond your thumb, go for it."

Thanks. Filed it away like the front-end loaders flipping MRAPs deal.

23 posted on 08/12/2020 11:54:31 AM PDT by Psalm 73
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