From: "Rich Gauszka" 

In 1967 when I was stationed in Korea one of people living in our Quonset
hut claimed to have purposely flunked out of copter school by crashing a
copter in training ( he was quite  happy about it too )

http://www.flyarmy.org/D05_KIA_stix.htm



"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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> US helicopter crash raises weapons fear
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1349585.ece
>
>
> "A US military transport helicopter crashed north of Baghdad today, the
> fifth loss in a fortnight, raising fears that insurgents have found a new
> weapon to counter US air superiority.
>
> The twin-rotor CH46 Sea Knight - a marine version of the Chinook, which
> can
> carry up to 25 fully equipped troops - crashed 20 miles (32km) northwest
> of
> Baghdad, a few days after a US spokesman conceded that the military was
> changing its tactics to counter the threat.
>
> US helicopters, already a common sight over Baghdad, have been flying in
> greater numbers in recent days as thousands of US reinforcements begin
> arriving in and around Baghdad for President Bush's troop "surge" to
> implement the increased security in Baghdad, now in its early stages."
>
>
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  http://www.isham-research.co.uk
>  +44 7833 654 800
>
>

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