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Title: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots in Iraq
Post by: Drifter1234 on June 21, 2005, 05:40:19 PM

Good read on Vietnam Helicopter pilots in Iraq

Did not know that let guys this old in the Army.

Big salute to these guys that have already done their duty once before.



http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=3&u=/usatoday/20050621/ts_usatoday/vietnamvetsiniraqseeentirelydifferentwar


Enjoy

Title: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots in Iraq
Post by: GreenCloud on June 21, 2005, 06:24:33 PM

pretty sweet to see them state the differnces..especailly coming home..

this was a good one..


"There, I was a 20-year-old flying helicopters and having a grand time."

"I'm not even sure I want to talk about some of the things we did then," Browning says.


they talk about letting off steam at the end of the day..having a beer...but in IRaq its a no no..thats a dam shame..

wheres the medicinal perdium?

Title: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots in Iraq
Post by: Maverick on June 21, 2005, 07:42:28 PM

Drifter,

Those folks are in the Guard. They operate under different rules in the Guard and mandatory retirement is a much different age than the Active or Reserves.

A special to those men going back in harms way.

Title: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots in Iraq
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on June 22, 2005, 07:26:44 AM

We have a guy in our squad who was a door gunner in helicopters in Vietnam. He is now a radio operator on a
combat C-130 (it is NOT an AC-130 Spectre gunship) and
has at least 18 months to go before retirement. If the U.S.
has been there since Vietnam, he was there.

Title: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots in Iraq
Post by: Schaden on June 22, 2005, 07:28:17 AM

Read Chickenhawk - about choppers in Vietnam...

Title: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots in Iraq
Post by: AWMac on June 22, 2005, 07:34:59 AM

Yep ChickenHawk is a dam good read!

:aok

Title: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots in Iraq
Post by: cpxxx on June 22, 2005, 07:39:57 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Schaden
Read Chickenhawk - about choppers in Vietnam...

Another excellent book is Low Level Hell which is about flying with the Aeroscout Platoon in OH6's.

Fascinating to think some of the Vietnam vets are still flying. Although if you think about it many WW2 vets were still flying during the Vietnam war.