ISIS rebels shoot at RAAF C-130 Hercules with Australians on board

news.com.au ^ | 1st September 2014

[naturalman1975]

AN AUSTRALIAN C-130 Hercules transport aircraft came under fire from Islamic militants during a humanitarian mission over Iraq.

News Corp Australia can reveal the aircraft was lucky not to be hit when fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacked it — as it swooped in low to drop aid packages to civilians in the town of Amirli in northern Iraq — with heavy machine guns and small arms last weekend.

The drop took place at night so the rebels would have been firing by noise rather than sight as the darkened planes flew below 300 metres to make the delivery of 15 bundles of water, biscuits and hygiene packs.

US fighter jets flying top cover for the mission responded to the enemy attack with maximum force after being guided to the ISIS fighters by a high flying US Air Force J-Star spy plane fitted with powerful ground attack radars.

[Mike Darancette]

Maybe we could send some of our “special” C-130s.

[Brother Cracker]

[Bigg Red]

Thanks. Your post gives me hope about our dealings with these animals.

[mcshot]

AMEN

[zipper]

We dropped one in the first Iraq war not too far from the British forces — the Brits were heard on the radios shouting “the Yanks dropped a bloody nuke”.

[MasterGunner01]

When one of these super bombs goes off, it seems like a nuke going off! the ground literally feels like Jell-O. An added benefit is you get a mushroom cloud just like the nuke, but there's no radiation or fallout to worry about.