Afgan Helicopter Photo

a.k.a. Patrick · 01-28-08, 10:33

The US Armed Forces are the baddest boyz!!!

Great young pilot from PA. Outstanding job !!! Can you beat this?
Can't add anything else to this 1.. Picture is worth 10,000 words !
If you don't think our military pilots earn their pay .. you need to take a look at this picture .. and then look again and realize what you're seeing.
This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA National Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the rear end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear. If this does not impress you ... nothing ever will. Gives me the chills and a serious case of the vertigo ... I can't even imagine having the nerve ... much less the talent and ability ... God Bless our military.

Setec Astronomy · 01-28-08, 10:45

That's a great shot. However, I have read about that elsewhere on the internet, and rather than evacuating "wounded men", that was soldiers transporting "persons of interest". In other words, terror suspects.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Helicopter Rooftop Landing

Cooter · 01-28-08, 11:00

I work on a EMS helicopter part-time. All our pilots have like 5000 hours. Two of them have been flying since Vietnam. They're really awesome pilots. I've never been scared flying with them. Early one morning we were headed to a near-by hospital. The pilot that morning was Bob Caldwell. He's an avid outdoorsman. He's always spoting deer on flights. Sometimes I wonder if how he can see those things so well. Anyway on that morning he proceeds to tell us about chasing a coyote with a Huey and trying to kill it with the skids on the aircraft. Sometimes I wonder about all the stories those guys could tell.

Cooter · 01-28-08, 11:03

Patrick. Thats a awesome photo. I really like the ones where the drop that aircraft in the water and they drive the inflatable boat into the rear. The things those Spec Ops guys do is so impressive. God Bless them for their service of our country.

Setec Astronomy · 01-28-08, 11:20

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Originally Posted by Cooter

Sometimes I wonder if how he can see those things so well.

Many pilots have exceptional vision. Chuck Yeager claimed (modestly) to have had most of his success as a (WWII) fighter pilot to being able to see the enemy before the enemy could see him, and hand-eye coordination developed hunting squirrels as a youth (I believe he had 20-10 eyesight and grew up in KY).

beabout · 01-29-08, 07:36

Outstanding photo of our great troopers in action. Reminds me of the helo shot at the embassey in Siagon.

zoomzoom mazda5 · 01-29-08, 02:29

Man, do i remember those days!

Tallboy · 01-29-08, 02:32

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Originally Posted by a.k.a. Patrick

The US Armed Forces are the baddest boyz!!!

Great young pilot from PA. Outstanding job !!! Can you beat this?
Can't add anything else to this 1.. Picture is worth 10,000 words !
If you don't think our military pilots earn their pay .. you need to take a look at this picture .. and then look again and realize what you're seeing.
This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA National Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the rear end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear. If this does not impress you ... nothing ever will. Gives me the chills and a serious case of the vertigo ... I can't even imagine having the nerve ... much less the talent and ability ... God Bless our military.

Un-freakin' believeable...

jimmie jam · 01-29-08, 03:30

wow, wow and wow!

zoomzoom mazda5 · 01-29-08, 06:35

Those mountains look very familiar to me. These type's of photo's should be showed on the evening news so the folks here in the states can see what the folks in uniform are doing over there............

shine · 01-30-08, 09:13

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Originally Posted by zoomzoom mazda5

Those mountains look very familiar to me. These type's of photo's should be showed on the evening news so the folks here in the states can see what the folks in uniform are doing over there............

I agree. But instead, the media just gives us death totals and all the negative stuff...

RTexasF · 01-31-08, 08:26

As a Viet Nam era Vet I'm proud of anyone that serves our country.....especially since there is no draft like at that time. I volunteered, I served, and I'm damned proud of it.

The pilot in the picture has beyond extraordinary skills no question.