Posted on 08/12/2006 4:56:25 PM PDT by Perdogg
DF helicopter crashes on Lebanese territory Saturday evening. Army officials estimate Hizbullah fired anti-tank missile, hit chopper. Official sources in Lebanon claim Hizbullah brought down helicopter Hanan Greenberg
An Israel Defense Forces helicopter crashed Saturday evening on Lebanese territory. IDF officials estimated that a missile fired by Hizbullah terrorists at the helicopter, apparently an anti-tank missile, caused it to crash.
The chopper managed to drop the fighters, took off, and was then hit. There were reports of injuries.
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"...The chopper managed to drop the fighters, took off, and was then hit..."
I hope that is correct.....
Possible. TOW back in the day was suppose to be able to engage low flying choppers. Either he hovered too long or they were too close. Hope it was. Really going to suck if they got portable SAMs.
A senior Air Force officer referred to the incident: "The helicopter was hit by a missile fired at it, hit the ground and caught fire. Helicopters are fired at a lot in all regions. The operations we are doing are dangerous, but there are also successes."
Whoopee!Do these A**HOLES think that aceing one IDF chopper means VICTORY???????????
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