“A chinook is a major target and a slow one at that.
You got that right. Rode a few in VN.
Sat on my helmet but “pucker factor” was still 100%.”
Just spent the morning at the range with a friend who was an FO in Vietnam. He is furious at this. Can’t believe they used a “cargo helicopter”(his words) to insert these troops into a “hot LZ.” “Why didn’t they use several Blackhawks?” He believes someone high up should go down for this.
I heard that manuver was SOP although probably unwritten. 8)