The versatile C-130. Quite possibly the GREATEST aircraft ever developed. Maybe I'm a little partial. Worked on them my first enlistment. Then decided I wanted to go to something "cooler and faster". Should have stayed in 130s. From an airframes standpoint they were waaaaaay better than Tomcats. The faster they are the more they break.
btw. now we have almost 5 months past their first experiment. and I haven't heard that has became a usual procedure, to deliver equipment by parachute in afghanistan...
Considering the lives that were spared I would say it is def. worth it my husband is in this unit and their brigade has lost 11 soldiers so far. YES it was worth it. Airborne all the way! HOOAH!
You obviously don't know what combat is like, did you know that if they did that the chopper could be taken down by one well placed RPG? Dumbass, these boys do us a great service and you insult their methods? Rot in hell, they did a great job.
Obviously the ISAF commanders also don't know what combat is like, since they still mostly use helicopters and ground vehicles in their supply chain in Afghanistan (Probably you should write them an email and share your huge combat experience)
As for the RPGs- they already had troops on the ground, who were supposed to secure the area. it would be much more easier and faster to send 2 additional AH-64s to cover the Chinook, then to wait for weeks, to deliver 1 howitzer.
Obviously the ISAF commanders also don't know what combat is like, since they still mostly use helicopters and ground vehicles in their supply chain in Afghanistan (Probably you should write them an email and share your huge combat experience)
As for the RPGs- they already had troops on the ground, who were supposed to secure the area. it would be much more easier and faster to send 2 additional AH-64s to cover the Chinook, than to wait for weeks, to deliver 1 howitzer.
Btw. There were no insults towards the servicemen and their methods in my words, I was just wondering, if there is no better and faster way to deliver stuff in the field.
Well, if the cannon had to be shipped from the US then you can't use a chinook, genius. Choppers don't fly across oceans, they have to be shipped along with all the rest of the equipment that goes over there.
well no shit.... if you haven't noticed, they didn't use C-130 to fly it from the US directly to the battlefield either. and there is no need to fly it over the ocean strapped to a parachute, since they are in control of all the airfields
I actually meant all the equipment, like parachutes, dropping platforms and other stuff, that needed to be delivered.
Look, they take a howitzer, fly it from the US to Afghanistan. then they strap it to a chinook and place it where it is needed. that's the easy way. the hard way is to fly extra parachuting experts, parachutes, packing material, platforms, then rig it all together just to drop it a few miles away on a field, that is secured by friendlies anyway?
Bravo boys, I'm glad we have such competent soldiers, I hope to soon join the boys in the air, I just want to fly an A-10 really, haha, strafing runs are the best.
how are they getting it out of there?
SteelRain654 1 month ago
The versatile C-130. Quite possibly the GREATEST aircraft ever developed. Maybe I'm a little partial. Worked on them my first enlistment. Then decided I wanted to go to something "cooler and faster". Should have stayed in 130s. From an airframes standpoint they were waaaaaay better than Tomcats. The faster they are the more they break.
vf74tomcat 5 months ago
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starxyz 11 months ago
btw. now we have almost 5 months past their first experiment. and I haven't heard that has became a usual procedure, to deliver equipment by parachute in afghanistan...
ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
Considering the lives that were spared I would say it is def. worth it my husband is in this unit and their brigade has lost 11 soldiers so far. YES it was worth it. Airborne all the way! HOOAH!
beckreardon 2 years ago 2
@beckreardon thanks for the only valuable comment on this video
altologist 9 months ago
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ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
You obviously don't know what combat is like, did you know that if they did that the chopper could be taken down by one well placed RPG? Dumbass, these boys do us a great service and you insult their methods? Rot in hell, they did a great job.
BombshellScarsxoxo 2 years ago
Obviously the ISAF commanders also don't know what combat is like, since they still mostly use helicopters and ground vehicles in their supply chain in Afghanistan (Probably you should write them an email and share your huge combat experience)
As for the RPGs- they already had troops on the ground, who were supposed to secure the area. it would be much more easier and faster to send 2 additional AH-64s to cover the Chinook, then to wait for weeks, to deliver 1 howitzer.
ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
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Obviously the ISAF commanders also don't know what combat is like, since they still mostly use helicopters and ground vehicles in their supply chain in Afghanistan (Probably you should write them an email and share your huge combat experience)
As for the RPGs- they already had troops on the ground, who were supposed to secure the area. it would be much more easier and faster to send 2 additional AH-64s to cover the Chinook, than to wait for weeks, to deliver 1 howitzer.
ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
Btw. There were no insults towards the servicemen and their methods in my words, I was just wondering, if there is no better and faster way to deliver stuff in the field.
ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
Well, if the cannon had to be shipped from the US then you can't use a chinook, genius. Choppers don't fly across oceans, they have to be shipped along with all the rest of the equipment that goes over there.
TubsMcLard 2 years ago
well no shit.... if you haven't noticed, they didn't use C-130 to fly it from the US directly to the battlefield either. and there is no need to fly it over the ocean strapped to a parachute, since they are in control of all the airfields
ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
Why did you say it was coming all the way from the US in your original comment then?
TubsMcLard 2 years ago
I actually meant all the equipment, like parachutes, dropping platforms and other stuff, that needed to be delivered.
Look, they take a howitzer, fly it from the US to Afghanistan. then they strap it to a chinook and place it where it is needed. that's the easy way. the hard way is to fly extra parachuting experts, parachutes, packing material, platforms, then rig it all together just to drop it a few miles away on a field, that is secured by friendlies anyway?
ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
@TubsMcLard afghanistan is landlocked so you cant ship it directly to afghanistan.
ddioppp 4 months ago
Bravo boys, I'm glad we have such competent soldiers, I hope to soon join the boys in the air, I just want to fly an A-10 really, haha, strafing runs are the best.
BombshellScarsxoxo 2 years ago
imagine if those artillery fell into enemy area...
denski79 2 years ago
that's why the DZ was secured.
beckreardon 2 years ago
not much would happen they would be like wtf and then go blow a mosk up
HASSON1911 2 years ago
jeez, did that 1 airdrop really worth the week of preparation and all that money?
ZeroNinerFoxtrot 2 years ago
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beckreardon 2 years ago