It’s amazing the nice toys the government will give you to play with if you dedicate your life to them, literally.
A “slick” did not have external guns or rocket pods...That’s why it was called a “slick”...No wind drag from external weapons...
Those waap waap sounds never leave... I wasn’t in nam. I was just one of the last huey crewchiefs in the NG. Got out in 2004 with the hueys. Best aircraft ever.
Forget the adrenaline rush. We're talking getting the fear of God put into you praying you make it out alive while the ship shudders beneath your feet over and over again for hours when hitting the bottom of a wave trough.