Marines are not troops. They gave their lives for this country, maybe a damn reporter could take the brief time to learn the proper name of what to call them. Idiots.
There were five Marines on that aircraft.
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The article NEVER says they crashed. For all I know the chopper landed safely and the crew was have capuccino in the mountains. Horrible journalism.
Maybe I’ve read too many Tom Clancy books, but don’t these things have beacons on them when they crash?
In any event, my prayers are up for the crew. I never liked those aircraft.
If one takes a straight line from the Nevada base to Miramar they were 20 miles off course. Pine Hills which is maybe seven miles south southwest of Julian would make more sense, assuming gps was working and they did not detour to miss a storm cell.
Now what would 5 Marines do...you would think....build a fire...
What about the missing F-35?
So the military helicopter they were using is not good for all weather conditions???
I’ll have to speak to a relative of mine who works for the company that makes the Blackhawk helicopter, and see what he makes of the downed Marine copter that couldn’t navigate in the rain storm. I guess it is not so much the rain as the air turbulence you can have in a heavy rain storm. Maybe.
There hasn’t been a single article confirming that anyone has put their eyes on the subject helo. ALL, yes all of the articles stating that the helo. has been found are categorically disingenuous clickbait.
I have spent hours combing the web for confirmation of the finding of the helo. Many articles state that the helo. has been found and SAR teams are looking for the five member crew, as if the helo. was disabled, made a controlled landing, and the crew then embarked on a cross country trek to an unknown location.
There’s another thread with about 100 posts where my contributions are posted, and others here at FR have chimed in about the “found” helo.
There is only a last known ping location having originated from the a/c and that’s it, unless breaking news reports otherwise.
Missing military helicopter found, search continues for 5 Marines on board
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4215700/posts