Air Force Helicopter Shot At Over Virginia, Injuring Crew Member

us news ^ | 12 aug 2020 | Paul D. Shinkman,

[DUMBGRUNT]

The FBI is investigating the incident, involving a helicopter assigned to President Donald Trump’s support detail.

The UH-1N Huey helicopter, assigned to Joint Base Andrews just outside of Washington, D.C., was conducting a routine training flight roughly 1,000 feet above the ground before it was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in nearby Manassas, Virginia, after being struck by a bullet, an Air Force spokesperson tells U.S. News. The helicopter is assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron, which supports the movement of the president and other senior government officials to and from Andrews, where Air Force One is also based.

shortly after noon on Monday before the helicopter made an emergency landing there, where it was met by paramedics to treat the injured crewman. The crewman, whose identity was not released, was taken to a local hospital for treatment for a non-life threatening injury and has subsequently been released. The aircraft also sustained damage, the Air Force said.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Early reports tend to be error-prone.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Also...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3873716/posts

[Fightin Whitey]

ENOUGH!

[Gamecock]

Air Force?

I thought the Marines flew POTUS around.

[TLI]

Looks like we have a new crop of VC emerging.

.

[Gamecock]

Never mind, I just read up on this unit.

[SuperLuminal]

And so it begins...

[CommerceComet]

If people are taking potshots at an Air Force helicopter, why not let the helicopter shoot back? That would decrease the shooter’s enthusiasm a bit.

[SunkenCiv]

The FBI is investigating this, boy, do I feel better. /s

[DUMBGRUNT]

If people are taking potshots at an Air Force helicopter...

NVA training famous rule of thumb;
Before attempting a shot at a flying aircraft, extend your thumb out like Picasso in line with the target.

If your thumb totally blocks the target, save the ammunition.
If the target extended beyond your thumb, go for it.

At 1,000 AGL this was a lucky shot or some intense preparation.

[Signalman]

18 U.S. Code § 32.Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities"

a)Whoever willfully— (1)sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks any aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States or any civil aircraft used, operated, or employed in interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce;

4)with the intent to damage, destroy, or disable any such aircraft, sets fire to, damages, destroys, or disables or places a destructive device or substance in, upon, or in proximity to, any appliance or structure, ramp, landing area, property, machine, or apparatus, or any facility or other material used, or intended to be used, in connection with the operation, maintenance, loading, unloading or storage of any such aircraft or any cargo carried or intended to be carried on any such aircraft;

(5)interferes with or disables, with intent to endanger the safety of any person or with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life, anyone engaged in the authorized operation of such aircraft or any air navigation facility aiding in the navigation of any such aircraft;

' (6)performs an act of violence against or incapacitates any individual on any such aircraft, if such act of violence or incapacitation is likely to endanger the safety of such aircraft; (7)communicates information, knowing the information to be false and under circumstances in which such information may reasonably be believed, thereby endangering the safety of any such aircraft in flight; or

(8)attempts or conspires to do anything prohibited under paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection; shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both.

[glennaro]

And so it begins...

... and it's going to accelerate with significantly more intensity as the desperate-out-of-their-minds, America/American-hating Democrat/Left becomes even more out of control as they approach their reckoning.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Looks like we have a new crop of VC emerging.

You got that right.

[Rebelbase]

“And so it begins”

Who has the and-so-it-begins ping list?

[LastDayz]

Really..... vermin like this could care less about laws.

[EBH]

Ok. Shots outside the press conference the other day, now this...

The September 17th siege isn’t going to just be another rowdy riot.

I sure hope the Trump family is somewhere safe long before Labor Day.

[GMThrust]

The Air Force flies other “ranking” officials on the Huey. They are mainly used for evacuation of said personnel.

[Afterguard]

They do. This was apparently an AF Huey. A training or utility helo.

[Afterguard]

Next time arm the helo(s) with mini-guns.

[coaster123]

“Enough”

So?