Posted on 08/12/2020 12:44:57 PM PDT by SJackson
A US Air Force helicopter was shot at near Manassas, Virginia, on Monday, injuring one of two pilots on board, according to an Air Force official.
The UH-1N was flying 10 miles northwest of Manassas on a routine training mission at an altitude of 1,000 feet when the incident occurred. It landed safely at Manassas Regional Airport west of Washington, DC, and the pilot was taken to hospital where they were treated and released, the official said.
The incident is now under FBI and Air Force investigation to determine if the helicopter was deliberately shot at or if someone was randomly shooting into the air. The aircraft will be closely inspected for other damage, the official added.
The airport operations officer Richard Allabaugh reported its air traffic control tower was notified of an "an onboard emergency on a military helicopter that was inbound."
The pilots of the US Air Force helicopter, which identified itself as Mussel 16, can be heard reporting "a medical emergency" in air traffic control audio. The aircraft initially scrapped plans to land at Manassas Regional Airport then informed controllers it would be heading "direct to Manassas."
Paramedics were called to the airport.
The US Air Force 316th wing only confirmed an incident occurred and that the helicopter made an emergency landing on Monday.
"A UH-1N Huey helicopter assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews conducted an emergency landing at 12:43 pm on August 10th in Manassas, Va during a routine training mission," the statement read.
"The Office of Special Investigations is fully engaged with our FBI colleagues on this incident. OSI take threats to our Airmen and our resources very seriously. As this is an ongoing investigation, no further investigative details can be released at this time," it added.
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NoVa is lousy with all three.
Return fire.
Investigate later.
Flying over a clandestine pot farm?
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.
or all three - dem socialist?
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.
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.
Not too far from Dulles airport???
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.
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.
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.
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
Golden BB.
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.
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.
The Viet Cong got pretty good at wing shooting Hueys back in the day.
I hope he was sitting on his helmet...
What & where 3 choppers?
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.
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