Operation "RESCUE"

[Ravage]

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A presentation of the various units and equipment used by the US Air Force Special Operations Command to extract a downed pilot behind enemy lines.

 

[CrewDog]

Nice vid, thanks for sharing.

One question, as all my first hand knowledge is with fixed wing aircraft. The lights at the rotor tips, is this static discharge?

 

[msteen1]

Nice vid, thanks for sharing.

One question, as all my first hand knowledge is with fixed wing aircraft. The lights at the rotor tips, is this static discharge?

Correctomundo!

 

[JustAnotherJ]

Nice vid, thanks for sharing.

One question, as all my first hand knowledge is with fixed wing aircraft. The lights at the rotor tips, is this static discharge?

yes, and all that electricity goes right in ya if you touch the cable before it grounds. It SUCKS to stand there getting zapped, but pretty much inevitable.

By the way, sitting of the back of a helo when they refuel is just bullshit...i think i nervous peed a little just thinking about it.

 

[EATIII]

yes, and all that electricity goes right in ya if you touch the cable before it grounds. It SUCKS to stand there getting zapped, but pretty much inevitable.

Man, are you going back searching

 

[JustAnotherJ]

que? i'll be honest, i've been drinking since i got off work..at 1.