tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post1537159698289857082..comments2024-03-19T04:37:19.757+00:00Comments on Sean Linnane: THE CHINOOK CRASH - DISPELLING THE MYTHSSTORMBRINGERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18405613458419510116noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-65899995005715544662014-05-24T01:34:11.424+01:002014-05-24T01:34:11.424+01:00The CH-47 is an amazing helicopter, from personal ...The CH-47 is an amazing helicopter, from personal sources and experience it performs very well at what its meant to. Otherwise why would it be the only option over the whole fleet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-14144995703368024042011-08-16T11:44:36.098+00:002011-08-16T11:44:36.098+00:00Thanks! I have 10 producers of horse-hockey in my...Thanks! I have 10 producers of horse-hockey in my pasture and none of it smelled as bad as that rumor......thanks for burying it so articulately!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-10078694142076777142011-08-15T05:38:33.479+00:002011-08-15T05:38:33.479+00:00^^^Those are brutal stats, Debbie. . .^^^Those are brutal stats, Debbie. . .NavyOnehttp://www.themellowjihadi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-6959475159530319512011-08-15T05:20:40.470+00:002011-08-15T05:20:40.470+00:00TY-excellent post.
and about the helo, Got this f...TY-excellent post.<br /><br />and about the helo, Got this from a reliable SOF source:<br /><br />People have asked me all week: "Why a CH47?"....Answer: The other birds (Blackhawks, Little Birds, etc.) simply can't get enough lift to get over some of those high mountain ranges and the heat is degrading other platforms, therefore, confining them to lower altitudes. Only other viable option is that piece of shit CH47....a bird that took its first flight in 1954. In service since 1961 and has been responsible for deaths of 33 SEALs in last 6 years and 38 SF personnel in the last year alone.DebbieKinILhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069956422123937194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-55315197792453507792011-08-15T00:26:53.605+00:002011-08-15T00:26:53.605+00:00Another theory I've heard is that one of the A...Another theory I've heard is that one of the Afgahn fellows committed suicide so as to bring the bird down.<br /><br />SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-79719486333299950742011-08-14T23:18:47.453+00:002011-08-14T23:18:47.453+00:00Thanks for the info...I have heard a lot of things...Thanks for the info...I have heard a lot of things and my B.S meter was twitching....MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-20880609744542915122011-08-14T21:03:06.523+00:002011-08-14T21:03:06.523+00:00You see the word "spook" you know its bu...You see the word "spook" you know its bull. Not much more to it than that. I liked your take on it. Spot on!The Watchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026256931888780903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-72936660292542844042011-08-14T20:44:30.196+00:002011-08-14T20:44:30.196+00:00"In war, truth is the first casualty" Ae..."In war, truth is the first casualty" Aeschylus (Greek tragic dramatist,525 BC - 456 BC)said it best.VA Shepherdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-70570473032183809612011-08-14T17:34:07.518+00:002011-08-14T17:34:07.518+00:00Excellent take-down. I work the support/intel side...Excellent take-down. I work the support/intel side, and while not directly involved in this, know enough to smell something stinky in her analysis. Thanks. . .NavyOnehttp://www.themellowjihadi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340335897594941637.post-90927418059893571202011-08-14T17:17:09.568+00:002011-08-14T17:17:09.568+00:00I've been waiting for an educated response to ...I've been waiting for an educated response to AB's posts. Very good analysis, thanks! for this.<br /><br />The only question I have is why so many ST6 in the single Chinook to begin with? Isn't there a directive to scatter them out, over a couple birds if possible? <br /><br />If not, there should be. That loss was of such a magnitude to engender such talk, however crazy it might be.<br /><br />And, did we really get the right Taliban responsible for it? We did search for bin Laden for almost a decade without finding him; what bird dog did we use to 'get the right one' so soon this time?<br /><br />Again, thanks for this.Serr8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083811545504469815noreply@blogger.com