Posted on Aug 8, 2014
Who had their butt saved by a OH-58D when they were in Afghanistan or Iraq?
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In tribute to our Kiowa aviators, who flew more combat hours than any other airframe in theatre, please share your experiences with them.
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I do recall an OH-58 team having one bird go down south of Baghdad in 2007 and the other bird set down and gave a spur ride to their wingmen. It happened right after one of our Apache crews did the same thing.
Aviators get a lot of sh*t, but they are pretty awesome and courageous when it comes down to it.
Aviators get a lot of sh*t, but they are pretty awesome and courageous when it comes down to it.
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We had a LRS team in contact in 2003 in Mosul. I was on the QRF on the way to back them up. It was a 6 man team up against a truck load of guys. They were pretty much pinned down. While on the way there I here a voice on the net say "You guys better hurry up. I'm going to do what I can." (The 101st was in charge of the AO and always had birds in the air for gun fights. They would just go from fight to fight in the city.) We weren't too far away and we heard them coming. It was too dark to see them but you would the chop of the blades and the guns blazing. It was pretty bad ass. By the time we got there the bad guys ran away. Just having them in the air would scare the b-geezus out of them.
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1LT Scott Doyle I went there a few times. I was with the Corps LRS. We started out at a drilling compound, business, just north of the airfield. It was deemed undefendable. Basically, it was open game on us. We moved to D-Main by the C-MOC. I think that is what it was called. It was just down the hill from the palace. We kicked out teams all up North.
We also did a brief stint with 502nd on some compound right on the river. Did you ever go to the pool when you were in mosul?
We also did a brief stint with 502nd on some compound right on the river. Did you ever go to the pool when you were in mosul?
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It was the olympic pool in mosul. We used it for a minute until they tried to use it to attack some americans. 1LT Scott Doyle
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