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I'm a rotor head all the way through. Glad to see the Chinook is being up graded. I jumped out of a lot of them and they brought us supplies and carried out wounded when I was in Nam.
Chinook Upgrade Program Moves Toward Approval
Posted from defensenews.com
Helicopters
Military Industry
Aviation
Posted 9 y ago
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SGT (Join to see) the Chinook is the workhorse for the Army, great helicopter. I have been told that in straight line distance, it is the fastest. What a beast.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL, Have you ever seen the flying crane in action? Talk about a beast.
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One airlifted me from the USS Wichita to the birdfarm, where I flew a COD to Clark, then on home, when my brother died.
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SN Greg Wright
CSM Charles Hayden - It's a place where birds go home to roost, CSM! :)
Colloquially known as a Carrier. COD = Carrier Onboard Delivery. Only it takes things off, too. Like young Seamen who have family emergencies.
Colloquially known as a Carrier. COD = Carrier Onboard Delivery. Only it takes things off, too. Like young Seamen who have family emergencies.
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SN Greg Wright
CSM Charles Hayden - Well despite today's (seeming) lackadaisical view of e-9's, I 'grew up' in an era when they put the fear of God in me. So far be it from me to question you, CSM! Lol.
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CSM Charles Hayden
SN Greg Wright Thise of us who have lost brothers know the drill. I met my brother's casket at the train station in Los Angeles. I had dropped him off at the LA Greyhound station 26 days earlier.
1stSgt Ron Gallegos As a Marine, 1stSgt Gallegos escorted his Marine brother's remains from McGuire to New Mexico. Some duty!
1stSgt Ron Gallegos As a Marine, 1stSgt Gallegos escorted his Marine brother's remains from McGuire to New Mexico. Some duty!
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I too am glad to see the Chinook upgrade program move towards approval SGT (Join to see). It is one of the few helicopters that can operate well in high altitudes such as the mountains go Afghanistan and Pakistan. As Neil Young sang about his first car "Long may she run" to the Chinook and the crews of that workhorse.
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