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Army Helicopter Goes Down in Italy
MSNBC ^
Posted on 11/08/2007 7:03:08 AM PST by SoldierMedic
ROME, Italy - A U.S. Army helicopter crashed in northern Italy on Thursday and five people were believed to have been killed, two Italian news agencies reported.
Senior Airman Justin Weaver, a spokesman at the U.S. Air Force base in Aviano, near Venice, said he had no confirmation on the number of deaths but that the chopper involved was a UH-60 Black Hawk Army helicopter that had taken off from Aviano.
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173rd Airborne is in Italy.
To: SoldierMedic
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posted on
11/08/2007 7:05:24 AM PST
by
SoldierMedic
(Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
To: SoldierMedic
How terrible. Prayers for all aboard and for their families.
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posted on
11/08/2007 7:14:31 AM PST
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: SoldierMedic
There were more than five on board. I pray they make it.
I never liked flying in helicopters, and I love to fly!
Low to the ground, constant torque on the airframe, everything spinning in circles, massive and constant vibration, mechanically complex = trouble.
Things that take off and land vertical tend to fall from the sky more frequently than their fixed wing counterparts.
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posted on
11/08/2007 7:25:37 AM PST
by
Red6
(Come and take it.)
To: SoldierMedic
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posted on
11/08/2007 7:51:35 AM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
To: SoldierMedic
Shoot. We just had a thread in the
Canteen on Monday about the Sky Soldiers. God be with them.
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posted on
11/08/2007 10:18:59 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/school-of-the-counterpropagandist/)
To: concretebob
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posted on
11/08/2007 10:22:51 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/school-of-the-counterpropagandist/)
To: SoldierMedic
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posted on
11/08/2007 11:58:55 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: SoldierMedic
Prayers going up for those who were downed. We can’t honor these people enough for their dedication and courage.
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posted on
11/08/2007 3:27:46 PM PST
by
CitizenM
("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
To: Red6; StarCMC
Helicopter:
10,000 moving parts flying in close formation.
Prayers for the families of the lost.
Prayers for the surviviors
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posted on
11/08/2007 5:48:39 PM PST
by
concretebob
(If liberals aren't traitors, their only defense at this point is they are incredibly stupid)
To: concretebob; CitizenM; fieldmarshaldj; StarCMC; RDTF; Red6; ishabibble
The latest news:
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_helicopter_071108/
A U.S. soldier died overnight in a northern Italian hospital, bringing to six the number killed in the crash of an Army helicopter, officials said Friday.
Eleven U.S. service members were onboard the UH-60 Army Black Hawk helicopter that went down Thursday near the city of Treviso, U.S. Army Europe said in a statement released by its headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. The helicopter was attached to the 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment.
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posted on
11/09/2007 5:54:05 AM PST
by
SoldierMedic
(Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
To: SoldierMedic
this is so awful. Thanks for the update.
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posted on
11/09/2007 6:02:35 AM PST
by
RDTF
("Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". Mark Twain)
To: RDTF
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posted on
11/09/2007 6:05:39 AM PST
by
SoldierMedic
(Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
To: RDTF
I hope it wasn’t a DUSTOFF chopper. Charlie 1st Bat is going to be going to Iraq soon as a DUSTOFF. They’re in Germany, but it wouldn’t seem odd for another Av company in the same Battalion to train for the same mission.
I looked again at the Army Times photo of the crash, and that stupid jeep is in the way, so I can’t tell if there is a cross on the side or not.
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posted on
11/09/2007 6:15:07 AM PST
by
SoldierMedic
(Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
To: SoldierMedic
The Mansions of the Lord Click the picture for music
To fallen soldiers let us sing Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing Our broken brothers let us bring To the Mansions of the Lord No more bleeding, no more fight No prayers pleading through the night Just divine embrace, eternal light To the Mansions of the Lord. Where no mothers cry and no children weep We will stand and guard though the angels sleep Through the ages safely keep The Mansions of the Lord. |
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posted on
11/09/2007 6:51:35 AM PST
by
StarCMC
(http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/school-of-the-counterpropagandist/)
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