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General Recognizes Pilots for Daring Rescue Mission
American Forces Press Service ^
| Spc. Nathan Hoskins, USA
Posted on 07/29/2007 2:25:43 PM PDT by SandRat
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:25:46 PM PDT
by
SandRat
To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
FR WAR NEWS!
WAR News at Home and Abroad You'll Hear Nowhere Else!
All the News the MSM refuses to use!
Or if they do report it, without the anti-War Agenda Spin!
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:26:27 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Sure am proud of these pilots.
As a pilot I can’t say enough about their spirit.
Way to go and GOD bless.
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:32:12 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: SandRat
...Johnson, the front seat pilot, let one of the Kiowa pilots take
his seat in the Apache while he and the other Kiowa pilot strapped
themselves to the outside of the aircraft and sat on the wings...
Sounds like these guys got a "seat upgrade" that outdoes anything
ever seen on "reality TV".
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:38:42 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: VOA
The Ground crew could tell they were happy by all the bugs stuck in their teeth.
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:40:43 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Yeah, but I’ll bet the Crew Chiefs were damn proud of “their” aircrew and “their” aircraft!
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posted on
07/29/2007 3:55:02 PM PDT
by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: ops33
and angry that they couldn’t properly “wet down” their wings for their actions.
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posted on
07/29/2007 3:56:24 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Joe Boucher
“Sure am proud of these pilots.
As a pilot I cant say enough about their spirit.
Way to go and GOD bless.”
As a former crew chief (fixed wing) I’m not sure most pilots should be allowed out without a keeper, and then only while on a leash, but these guys did really, really good. Spirit, intelligence, and great big brass ones.
Of course, the Army does still use Warrants, which has to help. I’m really sorry the Air Force stopped doing so.
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posted on
07/29/2007 4:06:54 PM PDT
by
Old Student
(We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
To: SandRat
I am so glad they got awards.
This story needs to be told every day.
There are so many good reports of bravery, that the public does not hear.
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posted on
07/29/2007 9:12:21 PM PDT
by
nw_arizona_granny
( Today is a good day for working on some heavy praying. The world needs God to hear them.)
To: SandRat; blue-duncan; jude24
The top U.S. general in Iraq presented awards to four Apache pilots for their part in the July 2 rescue of two other pilots downed by enemy fire during a July 27 ceremony in the Victory Base Complex here.
Those ceremonies can be sheer hell.:>)
Kudos to AFP Specialist Hoskins for a smile.
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posted on
07/30/2007 3:01:49 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
To: Old Student
When I was in the Army we looked up to two kinds of officers.
Point grads, cause they had to endure and be tops to get there.
Warrent officers cause they worked to get there by going up the ranks and still usually had their heads on straight and knew what the hell they were doing.
Drafted officers were clowns as were r.o.t.c. types.
NOt always but mostly.
For two years I worked at the pentagon and came into contact with WAY too many officers.
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posted on
07/30/2007 3:18:53 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: Joe Boucher
“Drafted officers were clowns as were r.o.t.c. types.
NOt always but mostly.
For two years I worked at the pentagon and came into contact with WAY too many officers.”
I got lucky in the USAF, we didn’t have many (if any)officers who were drafted. A few who avoided the draft by going AF, but they mostly didn’t stay long, as the war ended a couple of years after I enlisted. I met some fairly impressive officers as a comm puke, but we also had some really scary types. One thought he was Alexander the Great reincarnated, but couldn’t lead my airmen into a bar, for example. I got really lucky, I guess, as I never had to spend a lot of time around officers after I left the flight line, early on in my career. Very few of the pilots really impressed me, with Col. Day and BG Reisner being exceptions to that rule. Col. Day wasn’t flying anymore, by the time I met him, but he was pretty sharp.
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posted on
07/30/2007 4:42:47 AM PDT
by
Old Student
(We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
To: Old Student
Alexander the Great huh?
Bet he was fun to be around.
I’d have put papers around with the word fratricide around him.
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posted on
07/30/2007 7:29:51 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: Joe Boucher
He was a comm engineer, and they didn’t issue us live ammo in garrison. We got really lucky, and never had to deploy with him. On the other hand, I suspect our commander might have off’ed him himself, if we had deployed with him. He was a 2nd Lieutenant, and he wound up working in a shop with not just one but two Master Sergeants, and some lower-ranking NCO’s who also weren’t impressed. We may have gotten him to think a bit before he returned stateside. I never heard that he died in a suspicious accident, so it’s possible. I’m SURE someone would have told us...
Oh, did I mention he was YOUNG 2nd Looey?
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posted on
07/30/2007 7:37:17 AM PDT
by
Old Student
(We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
To: Old Student
Draftee 2nd louies were fun.
But some of the really nuttiest 2nd louies were the gung ho marines.
Master Sargents were tough old boys and most times knew their stuff. Great watching them mentor younr officers with mush for brains.
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posted on
07/30/2007 8:44:54 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
Thought you all might like to see the Photos of the Flying Heroes
![Gen. David Petraeus, commander, Multi-National Force - Iraq, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to Chief Warrant Officer Kristopher Hobt, Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, and Chief Warrant Officers Micah Johnson and Allan Davison from the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, during a recent ceremony at the Multi-National Corps - Iraq headquarters on Camp Victory. Photo provided by MND-C PAO. Gen. David Petraeus, commander, Multi-National Force - Iraq, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to Chief Warrant Officer Kristopher Hobt, Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, and Chief Warrant Officers Micah Johnson and Allan Davison from the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, during a recent ceremony at the Multi-National Corps - Iraq headquarters on Camp Victory. Photo provided by MND-C PAO.](http://www.mnf-iraq.com/images/stories/daily/2007/July/070730_sod_med.jpg)
Gen. David Petraeus, commander, Multi-National Force - Iraq, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to Chief Warrant Officer Kristopher Hobt, Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, and Chief Warrant Officers Micah Johnson and Allan Davison from the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, during a recent ceremony at the Multi-National Corps - Iraq headquarters on Camp Victory. Photo provided by MND-C PAO.
![Chief Warrant Officer Micah Johnson, right, shakes hands with Gen. David Petraeus, Multi-National Force-Iraq commander, after Petraeus presented him with the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony in Baghdad Thursday. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathan Hoskins. Chief Warrant Officer Micah Johnson, right, shakes hands with Gen. David Petraeus, Multi-National Force-Iraq commander, after Petraeus presented him with the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony in Baghdad Thursday. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathan Hoskins.](http://www.mnf-iraq.com/images/stories/daily/2007/July/070730a_sod_med.jpg)
Chief Warrant Officer Micah Johnson, right, shakes hands with Gen. David Petraeus, Multi-National Force-Iraq commander, after Petraeus presented him with the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony in Baghdad Thursday. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathan Hoskins.
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posted on
07/30/2007 5:54:04 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Wonderful, thanks for the photos.
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posted on
07/30/2007 7:04:44 PM PDT
by
nw_arizona_granny
( Today is a good day for working on some heavy praying. The world needs God to hear them.)
To: Old Student
I got lucky in the USAF, we didnt have many (if any)officers who were drafted You had none, except perhaps some doctors. Otherwise if you got drafted, it was to the Army, or on rare occasions the Marines, and they didn't make you an officer. They might let you apply for OCS if you were otherwise qualified and did *really* well at basic and whatever training that followed. More likely they'd make you re-enlist first.
The Air Force and the Navy haven't taken draftees since well before the Vietnam war. I'm not sure if the Air Force has ever taken any.
People joined the AF and Navy to *avoid* being drafted.
One guy at my AF-ROTC field training, summer of '71, got his draft notice while at the training. I was in the two year program and we had not yet formally signed on as E-1 members of the AF Reserve when we attended our field training, which was 6 weeks long, verses the usual 4 weeks. He did, and quickly. The rest of us did it when we returned to our home Detachments. Det 465
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posted on
07/30/2007 10:53:08 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Joe Boucher
Draftee 2nd louies were fun. No Such thing. Now draft induced OCS/OTS grads, aka 90 day wonders, yeah. Lt. Calley comes to mind.
Now wait one while I go find an NCO to ream you a new one. One particular Chief in missile facilities at Offutt AFB comes to mind. Wonder if he's still alive and kicking? That was a long time ago.
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posted on
07/30/2007 11:00:24 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: SandRat
Dang it, the Air Cav has the coolest covers. My fervent congratulations!
However, it must be said - helicopter pilots don't fly, they beat the air into submission...
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