Raven, OH-6 Cayuse, UH-1 Huey, AH-1 Cobra, and even at one point an attachment of CH-47 Chinooks. According to the Resume of the 123rd Aviation Battalion the A Company and B Company delivered over 1,400 tons of cargo, destroyed 575 structures, killed over 700 enemy combatants, and provided medical evacuation to 114 people. All of these accomplishments took place in 1968, prior to receiving an attachment of CH-47 Chinooks. The scout aircraft provided intelligence by either flying over... ... middle
memorable part of a much larger operation called Anaconda. The battle started when Navy SEAL, Petty Officer First Class Neil Roberts fell from a MH-47E Chinook, on an attempted landing to an unknowingly hot LZ, when he lost his footing due to a combination of RPG blast and spilled hydraulic fluid of the mangled aircraft. Razor 03, the call sign of the Chinook was eventually forced to land putting a gap of 4 miles and several thousand feet between Roberts and the rest of his team. With knowing little more
Interviewing A Subject Korbyn D’Ambrogio College Comp 20161117 American Soldier “Why would you want to interview me when there are plenty of people back home that would be easier to interview in person?” asks John Stout. He is about 5’11, has dark black hair and his eyes are a rich chocolaty brown. He is tan and has a strong muscular body. John is currently deployed in Bagram Afghanistan. He departed on July 7th, 2016 and will not return until April of 2017. He grew up in Fort Ripley, MN and
Huey was the Boeing CH-47 Chinook. The Chinook was a tandem rotor (double rotor), heavy lifting helicopter. It could fit up to 3 crew members and had a maximum capacity of 33-35 troops. It was used heavily for troop movement, artillery movement and placement and for battlefield resupplying. It was used for tactical and combat support missions. The main reason for its used though was because of the fact it could carry so many troops, they had to find the perfect place, so the Chinook was known for its
FIXED WING AIRCRAFT IN ARMY AVIATION USAACE NCOA SSG (P) Dennis A. Frazee 15TSLC 15-002 SFC Johnson Army Aviation is an evolving, and ever-changing organization. The future of Army aviation fixed-wing, focusing mainly on the potential for the ‘Tilt-Rotor” variation of fixed wing aircraft, which are being looked at as an option for a future airframe in the Army, as well as the potential to increase Army aviation’s effectiveness and the impact that it would have on the Army and
to make sure that other countries did not fall into communism. As stated by President Eisenhower, “You have a row of dominos set up; you knock over the fi... ... middle of paper ... ...used a helicopter transport called the Boeing Vertol CH-47 A Chinook. This was quick and was able to carry an entire unit to their destination faster than having to hike there. This jet was also capable of carrying rockets and machine guns. Another helicopter that was used was the Bell AH-IG Huey Cobra. This helicopter
or next month, or not even next year but some day. Although we could have captured him the United States was right to kill Osama bin Laden because it was the only way to be sure he paid for his crimes. A HH-60 Pave Hawk and a CH-47 Chinook swept over Abbottabad, Pakistan. The most elite military team, SEAL
Introduction Operation Anaconda was the first major joint combat operation against the war on terror that the US was committed to winning. This operation would test our military’s readiness for joint operations against a hardened and willing adversary. The primary mission was to kill/capture Taliban/Al Qaeda forces occupying towns and villages in the vicinity of Shahi Khot in order to gain control of the valley.1 The US needed the towns, villages, mountains, and more importantly, the intricate
Company of the 159th Aviation Battalion with CH-47C and then they needed some light scout aircraft so talked to Bravo Company 229th Attack Helicopter Battalion with the OH-6A... ... middle of paper ... ...vival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) level C+, and helicopter overwater survival training (Dunker School) just to name a few of the school these soldiers will go through. They use special equipped helicopters that include AH-6, MH-6, MH-60’s, and MH-47 helicopters. Soldiers in this unit also
I was deployed to Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo when Operation Iraqi Freedom kicked off. I remember wondering how this war would affect my life or the direction of my career and unit. In March of 2003 I found out. Because of the war, our replacements, already having been trained for real world action, were sent to Iraq, extending my already long six month tour to ten. The start and end of that war, as a whole, had its effects on not just me and my unit, as I was deployed there twice, but on the whole
"From 1962 to 1971, American C-123 transport planes sprayed roughly 20 million gallons of herbicides on an area of South Vietnam about the size of Massachusetts" (Budanovic). In just a short sentence, a massive war can be summarized, and the horrific actions that soldiers in the Vietnam war participated in can be exposed. C-123 aircrafts did not only deploy herbicides, but also deployed massive bombs on Vietnamese opponents in which many contained napalm. Created by the US Chemical Warfare Service