"Stealth Helos Used In Osama Raid" - Aviation Leak

[ryoder 1,590]

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a275902dd-e7a2-40fd-ab78-d46e3bf922b1&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[shropshire 0]

Should have used "AirWolf". Stringfellow Hawke would NEVER have left one behind

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[ryoder 1,590]

"Airwolf" was the first thing I thought about.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[AggieDave 6]

Dude, they borrowed one of PD's helicopters. One of the blacked out choppers they use to do the test jumps on their new gear, all black in color, at night...when there is no moon. The PDFT broke Ian's leg last year to keep him from talking about it!



When in doubt, never ever doubt the US military's ability to come up with some really neat stuff and technology. Never doubt their ability to make sure the public doesn't know about it or only has hints about the final product due to side projects.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[ryoder 1,590]

And now we have armored dogs with friggin' infra-red cameras on their heads:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3562677/Hero-dog-helped-snare-Osama.html

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[jaybird18c 24]

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And now we have armored dogs with friggin' infra-red cameras on their heads:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3562677/Hero-dog-helped-snare-Osama.html

That's not as cool as sharks with friggin lasers on their heads.

[deltron80 0]

damn, these people are total badasses

[david3 0]

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And now we have armored dogs with friggin' infra-red cameras on their heads:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3562677/Hero-dog-helped-snare-Osama.html

That's not as cool as sharks with friggin lasers on their heads.

So true.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pozlp_wnkRk&feature=related

[SpeedRacer 1]

We could use those on the Somali pirates.

Speed Racer
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[wsd 0]

My dog rules in swoop competition, he never misses the chance to tear the legs off a swooper as they come in.

It's kinda hard to land on stumps!

[ryoder 1,590]

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/05/army-mission-helocopter-was-secret-stealth-black-hawk-050411/

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[normiss 800]

GOOD GOD MAN!

They used THERMITE!!!!
This will undoubtedly confirm that our government not only posses, but USES thermite!!

Oh the humanity.

[Andy9o8 2]

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Reducing noise and making it less conspicuous is the first job (more main and tail blades reduce the classic whop-whop signature).

In fact, non-stealth helicopters are illegal in Italy.

[DanG 1]

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When in doubt, never ever doubt the US military's ability to come up with some really neat stuff and technology. Never doubt their ability to make sure the public doesn't know about it or only has hints about the final product due to side projects.

And the next time you (not you, Dave) bitch about defense contractors, keep in mind that the helicopters aren't built or designed by the DoD. Defense contractors make and design all the cool shit that helps keep our military on top.

- Dan G

[SkyDekker 1,465]

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Reducing noise and making it less conspicuous is the first job (more main and tail blades reduce the classic whop-whop signature).

In fact, non-stealth helicopters are illegal in Italy.

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[AggieDave 6]

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When in doubt, never ever doubt the US military's ability to come up with some really neat stuff and technology. Never doubt their ability to make sure the public doesn't know about it or only has hints about the final product due to side projects.

And the next time you (not you, Dave) bitch about defense contractors, keep in mind that the helicopters aren't built or designed by the DoD. Defense contractors make and design all the cool shit that helps keep our military on top.

I have a friend who is a DoD contractor who is an aerospace engineer and has done a lot of work on some new Blackhawk systems. I won't ask him if it was this, since he wouldn't tell me anyways, but I would like to think it is. He's cool either way, being someone I helped teach how to skydive and now he's on the bigway circuit (and a much better RW jumper than me)!

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[ryoder 1,590]

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I have a friend who is a DoD contractor who is an aerospace engineer and has done a lot of work on some new Blackhawk systems. I won't ask him if it was this, since he wouldn't tell me anyways, but I would like to think it is. He's cool either way, being someone I helped teach how to skydive and now he's on the bigway circuit (and a much better RW jumper than me)!

When I work for a defense contractor, we couldn't even ask the guys in the adjacent set of cubes what they were doing.
So I'd go down to the local library once a week and read Aviation Leak to find out what they were up to.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.