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Shark 4

@4sharkfour

Vietnam helicopter pilot; CW3; Retired journalist/publisher/CEO; BuckeyeπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸš

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calendar_today28-12-2022 17:54:12

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Hand Salute!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸš The Wall location: 04W-058 Summary: Gunship shot down then took a direct hit from a mortar. Only gunner survived. Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 65-09489 Call sign: JOKER GUNS Service 48th AHC Blue Stars

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The Wall location: 04W-058
Summary: Gunship shot down then took a direct hit from a mortar. Only gunner survived. 
Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 65-09489
Call sign: JOKER GUNS
Service

48th AHC Blue Stars
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Hand Salute to a fellow Buckeye!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Wall location: 29W-096 Summary: Main rotor seizure & separation from aircraft departing LZ English. Ignored zero xmission oil pressure light & took off anyway. Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 66-15130 Call sign: Starblazers 61st AHC

Hand Salute to a fellow Buckeye!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Wall location: 29W-096
Summary: Main rotor seizure & separation from aircraft departing LZ English. Ignored zero xmission oil pressure light & took off anyway.
Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 66-15130
Call sign: Starblazers

61st AHC
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Hand Salute!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸš The Wall location: 04W-064 Summary: Tail rotor shot out covering ARVNs in Laos. Both pilots necks broken during the crash landing. Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 68-15019 C Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry

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The Wall location: 04W-064
Summary: Tail rotor shot out covering ARVNs in Laos. Both pilots necks broken during the crash landing. Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 68-15019

C Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry
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Hand Salute!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸš The Wall location: 04W-069 Short Summary: Loaded with ammo returning from aborted supply mission w/ Cleve, hit at 5000 ft in Laos w/37 mm during Lam Son 719. Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 68-15759 Call Sign: Minuteman 176th AHC

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The Wall location: 04W-069
Short Summary: Loaded with ammo returning from aborted supply mission w/ Cleve, hit at 5000 ft in Laos w/37 mm during Lam Son 719.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 68-15759
Call Sign: Minuteman 

176th AHC
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Hand Salute!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸš Crew Members: P WO1 ROBERSON SAMUEL ALBERT KIA CP WO1 BAXTER JERRY KIA. Armed recon mission. AH-1G Cobra. A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry

Hand Salute!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸš

Crew Members:
P WO1 ROBERSON SAMUEL ALBERT KIA
CP WO1 BAXTER JERRY KIA. Armed recon mission. AH-1G Cobra.

A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry
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Hand Salute!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸš Crew Members: P WO1 POTTER WILLIAM DON KIA AC WO1 DAVENPORT BARD ELTON KIA CE SP4 HARPER ALLAN G KIA G SP5 WALLER JOHN BUSSEY KIA 1st Cavalry Div

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Crew Members:
P WO1 POTTER WILLIAM DON KIA
AC WO1 DAVENPORT BARD ELTON KIA
CE SP4 HARPER ALLAN G KIA
G SP5 WALLER JOHN BUSSEY KIA

1st Cavalry Div
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Hand Salute!πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸš Wall location: 47E-003 Short Summary: A single round over left eye lid while providing smoke screen to insert ARVN & U.S. Rangers in support of project Delta. Aircraft: UH-1H Call sign: INTRUDER 227 281st AHC

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Wall location: 47E-003
Short Summary: A single round over left eye lid while providing smoke screen to insert ARVN & U.S. Rangers in support of project Delta.
Aircraft: UH-1H
Call sign: INTRUDER 227

281st AHC
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Wonder why no one is reporting the March jobs report? Expected: +60,000 jobs Actual: +178,000 jobs Private Sector: +186,000 Government: -8,000 jobs Unemployment Rate: 4.3% down from 4.4% Hello? Anyone?πŸ€£πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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Let’s not get all hyperbolic over the rescue of the F-15 WSO in Iran. It was a great op, without question. But the biggest ever? The most expensive ever? Over the longest period ever? Do some reading on the rescue of Bat-21 in Vietnam. HINT: 11 US KIAs.πŸšπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Let’s not get all hyperbolic over the rescue of the F-15 WSO in Iran.

It was a great op, without question. 

But the biggest ever? The most expensive ever? Over the longest period ever?

Do some reading on the rescue of Bat-21 in Vietnam.

HINT: 11 US KIAs.πŸšπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ