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Happy Groundhog Friday! Great song with a historical footage of this epic war in American History. Maj Marty Hogan TSgt Joe C.
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Classic Rock Vietnam War
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We had NDB (AM) radios that we were always dialing in to the Armed Forces Radio station frequency in the area. For a twenty year old, it was one of the more important “comfort” pieces of equipment that needed to be working on the ship, second only to the A/C. All the songs of that era “take me back” to some surreal feelings, images, and memories.
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CW5 John M.
The Cobra cockpit temps could get dangerously hot due to the closed plexiglass cockpit. The “solution” was to adapt an A/C bleed-air system that was use in one of the AF jets (forget which one) and “shoe-horn” it into the Cobra. There’s always a trade-off though. The “trade - off” was #1, this modification added more weight to an already overloaded platform; and #2, about 10-15% power was lost when it was turned on, hence, we could not use it for landings, takeoffs, hover, and maximum power needs. The Cobra was notorious about flying overloaded - at least until some weapons were fired and/or fuel was consumed. But wow! Did it ever work good on the way home. It blew frost out the vents and thru the seat fabric. I once made a small snowball from what collected on my glove.
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