Skip to comments.
Military helicopter shot at over Virginia, injuring a crew member
CNN ^
| 8-12-20
| Barbara Starr and Zachary Cohen,
Posted on 08/12/2020 12:44:57 PM PDT by SJackson
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-56 next last
To: I want the USA back
NoVa is lousy with all three.
Return fire.
Investigate later.
21
posted on
08/12/2020 1:10:26 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Flying Colours....)
To: b4its2late
Probably one of the last 2 in that list.
NoVA is a hotbed of Islamist activity too.
22
posted on
08/12/2020 1:11:07 PM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: SJackson
Flying over a clandestine pot farm?
23
posted on
08/12/2020 1:11:12 PM PDT
by
I-ambush
(One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal I was born to rebel. Ppl)
To: PUGACHEV
It seems to be that it would be very hard target to hit, but I would defer to an expert on this one. I am certain that someone on FR can authoritatively answer this question.
24
posted on
08/12/2020 1:13:10 PM PDT
by
beef
(Use a VPN, use Tor, and get a shortwave radio. Oh, and ACAB- All Commies Are Bastards)
To: I want the USA back
Muzzies, blm, or antifa? or all three - dem socialist?
25
posted on
08/12/2020 1:17:10 PM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Until I see them breaking rocks in the hot sun I'll be cleaning my guns!)
To: SJackson
Maybe it was CSA engaging antiaircraft fire? ... Oh, wait, that would be the Democrat party, KKK, BLM, Antifa. Or...as other posters suggested, an islamofascist training camp.
To: SJackson
Thought that pilot and cabin ground facing portion area was armor protected to prevent any smaller calibers like 30’s bullets penetrating that area. If not they should be. Report didn’t disclose bullet size.
27
posted on
08/12/2020 1:24:54 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
To: SJackson
Not too far from Dulles airport???
To: I want the USA back
Muzzies, blm, or antifa? To this dirtbag mix, I would add MS-13 or other Hispanic gang-banger types. No shortage of such folks in NoVa. And a cultural affinity for shooting into the air.
To: PUGACHEV
The chances of hitting a moving helicopter at 1K ft. even with a semiautomatic rifle must be very, very small. Given those unlikely odds, it is just as possible that this was a random shot fired into the air, or a shot fired at something else, and the helicopter was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hard to imagine many random rifle shots into the air in the afternoon around Manassas, though it's possible. It's not that unusual for helicopters to take small arms fire, particularly if delivered by a trained rifleman. But both you'd think would be very unlikely outside of a combat zone.
30
posted on
08/12/2020 1:27:38 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
To: SJackson
gonna wait until the Soros-directed AG releases the perps??
again??
Soros has had so many wins on his birthday today.
Probably linked to this shooter, too.
31
posted on
08/12/2020 1:29:01 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced")
To: mosesdapoet
I did too, but there’s a window, and we don’t know the caliber. If this was deliberate, could be a .50. Terrorists have financing
32
posted on
08/12/2020 1:32:01 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
To: SJackson
33
posted on
08/12/2020 1:36:05 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
To: PUGACHEV
The chances of hitting a moving helicopter at 1K ft. even with a semiautomatic rifle must be very, very small. Given those unlikely odds, it is just as possible that this was a random shot fired into the air, or a shot fired at something else, and the helicopter was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.Golden BB.
34
posted on
08/12/2020 1:37:19 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: SJackson
i don’t know how they will do it, but they will likely find
out who did this. When they do and have proven it, I hope
they make their life a living hell for as many years as they
have left.
35
posted on
08/12/2020 1:43:23 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
To: mosesdapoet
Thought that pilot and cabin ground facing portion area was armor protected to prevent any smaller calibers like 30s bullets penetrating that area. 1st Helicopter Squadron at Andrews AF Base spends its days helping government VIPs make their tee times, err, efficiently transact the people's business.
They do not land at many hot LZs (although that may be changing) and are probably equipped for passenger comfort, not protection from small arms fire.
36
posted on
08/12/2020 1:50:41 PM PDT
by
Pilsner
To: PUGACHEV
The Viet Cong got pretty good at wing shooting Hueys back in the day.
37
posted on
08/12/2020 2:00:40 PM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: SJackson
I hope he was sitting on his helmet...
38
posted on
08/12/2020 2:01:47 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: rktman
To: SJackson
My uncle flew his own private planes. He said he had been shot at several times, as evidenced by bullet holes. I gathered it’s not uncommon. (He was active from the thirties to the early seventies.)
Speaking of bullets, the final time I cleaned my parent’s gutters in Tampa, I found three bullets. Two .22’s and something that looked smaller than a .38, possibly a .25 or .32. So, there area a lot of bullets flying around.
40
posted on
08/12/2020 2:13:13 PM PDT
by
Gen.Blather
(Wait! I said that out loud?)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-56 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson