Posted on 09/11/2014 10:14:12 PM PDT by traumer
U.S. troops occasionally have to land their aircraft unexpectedly, giving rise to awkward situations. Consider the case of a transport plane that landed on an African highway in July while carrying U.S. troops, prompting a sheepish Marine colonel to apologize for the commotion.
Even that appears to pale in comparison to the unexpected landing of numerous Army helicopters in Poland on Tuesday, however. Bloomberg News reports that six of them landed in a rapeseed field in the village of Gruta, some 140 miles north of Warsaw, and asked villagers where they were. The surprise landing spooked some people at first, said Halina Kowalkowska, the village’s head, in an interview with Bloomberg.
“We know that security is the most important thing right now,” Kowalkowska told Bloomberg. “But thank God it was the Americans.”
The Associated Press reports that 12 helicopters in total, including Black Hawks and Chinooks, made a surprise landing due to poor visibility and stormy weather. A Polish army spokesman, Lt. Col. Artur Golawski, told the AP that the aircraft were returning from a military exercise, Saber Junction, in Lithuania to their temporary base in Miroslawiec, Poland. Bad weather forced them to land, the AP said.
A U.S. Army spokeman at the Pentagon referred comment to Army officials in Europe. They could not immediately be reached for comment. The helicopters appear to have turned into a tourist attraction of sorts, however:
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2nd Looey mapreading.
And Moon Pies and White Pine cigs!
Their GPS will tell them their latitude and longitude, but it may not have been loaded with the names of every obscure village in Poland. Asking the name of the village is not the same as being lost.
Somewhere in a mental hospital, Ron/Rand/Putin fans are having a migraine.
Somewhere in a mental hospital, Ron/Rand/Putin fans are having a migraine.
Polish folk music, when well played, is just awesome!
Don’t speak the language, but it love the Poles! As a nation, they have been through hell!
Forgive my ignorance, but what are white pine cigs?
Back in the 80’s the locals near the DMZ would encounter us in the mountains and sell us stuff. That was a common local brand.
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