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Best helicopter door gunner of all time goes to heaven
3/23/2015
| My Brother in Law
Posted on 03/23/2015 6:42:41 PM PDT by llevrok
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My brother in law, who flew two helicopter tours in Vietnam, sent me this. Worth sharing with our aviation FRiends out there...
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:42:41 PM PDT
by
llevrok
To: llevrok
It needs to say ...” to impress women”. At the end.
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:49:27 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: llevrok
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:52:35 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: llevrok; Kenny Bunk
But how, in your twisted mind, could you possibly fire on Jihadists who are RUNNING AWAY from the chopper?
"Hmm. Well I suppose I lead 'em a little more!"
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:52:39 PM PDT
by
golux
To: llevrok
Maybe my worst 4 years in the Army, 9ID AVN unit, 268 AHB.
Border Star 85 @ Ft Bliss went to the pilot's tent to check on a dead generator. Stripped off my BDU top to work on it, found the problem and went into the tent to tell my BMO (ex Armored Cav pilot) that I was going for the parts.
One of his rotorhead buddies said "Hey, Sergeant, you're out of uniform!" I said "Yes, sir! As soon as I find the flight surgeon I'll have him surgically attach a cot to my back."
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:53:46 PM PDT
by
Feckless
(The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
To: llevrok
Rip Gunner.. We needed you there!!!
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:56:02 PM PDT
by
tallyhoe
To: llevrok
It’s no wonder. One brother and my uncle were chopper pilots. Now I know why they strut around so much.
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:01:28 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: SkyDancer
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:10:52 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: ansel12
I worked with a guy who’d done 3 tours as a door gunner and “liked it”...
Up until Tet.....That’s when he decided it was time to come home.
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:19:52 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
To: llevrok
I was trained as an avionics mechanic but door-gunned on an UH-1D for awhile with A Troop, 1st Sqdn, 9th Cav, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) at Song Be, RSV many moons ago.
19 year olds do crazy stuff, but it was an awesome and exhilarating experience. Hats off to the grunts we inserted and brought out, they were the real heroes.
"1st Team, Sir!"
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:31:15 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unless you're donating blood.)
To: PROCON
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:32:15 PM PDT
by
publius911
(If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
To: llevrok; doorgunner69
Doorgunner,
This ones for you!
ROFLMAO
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:41:30 PM PDT
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: Feckless
LOL!
Bet that left a mark...
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:52:02 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
To: PROCON
Door gunner on OH-58’s. B 2/17Cav 101ABN. 1981 when I was 19. Yes, we did that.
To: ebshumidors
I was in an OH-6A at 300 feet, coming into the flight line when it had a tail rotor failure, great pilot skills kept us alive, crash landed with broken left skid and tail section collapse but we walked away with only wet pants.
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posted on
03/23/2015 8:15:46 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unless you're donating blood.)
To: llevrok
Most all the CH-46 pilots seemed to be decent guys. Did not interact with us too much, usually just the crew chief. They had a humbling job and got scared a lot.
Was not a gunner for them, but the Huey gunship pilots did seem to think they were hot. Was around them at out forward rearming pad up at LZ Stud. The army guys that came in sporadically were the worst. Marine pilots were just eager beavers.
To: doorgunner69
because somebody has to ping you...
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posted on
03/23/2015 8:47:31 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Liberal logic: 18 1/2 minutes of blank tape is a big deal but 30,000 missing emails is not.)
To: WildHighlander57
Dang. Missed your ping.
Carry on...
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posted on
03/23/2015 8:48:41 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Liberal logic: 18 1/2 minutes of blank tape is a big deal but 30,000 missing emails is not.)
To: llevrok
Awesome.My buddy has a Huey that we will be working on to get it airworthy.I am hunting up all the mounts for the 60s to put her back in gunship config.She will be in her correct markings during her combat tours as well.
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posted on
03/23/2015 9:56:58 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: kiryandil
Same exercise I got into it with a CW4 about who’s job it was to crank his generator. He said “Do you know what rank I am?” and I replied “Yes, sir, you’re a SP/5 with a helicopter license.”
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posted on
03/24/2015 4:39:50 AM PDT
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Feckless
(The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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