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Sidishus From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 519 posts, RR: 4
Posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1797 times:

They don't belong...

Blackwater provided details about the operation, saying "the commercial helicopter" was "owned and operated by Heli-Air Services, a Bulgarian subcontractor to SkyLink Air and Logistic Support under contract to Blackwater in support of a Department of Defense contract."

The Islamic Army in Iraq has carried out multiple attacks in Iraq and taken several hostages, including an Italian journalist who was beheaded. The militant group also took two French journalists hostage but released them.

Thursday's incident raises questions about the vulnerability of commercial aircraft that do not have the same defense capabilities of military aircraft.

So much for the efficacy of "As-Is" where bullets may fly

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ia_wl/ra1396312579.jpg size=-4>[Edited 2005-04-22 11:14:02]

[Edited 2005-04-22 11:22:37]

the truth: first it is ridiculed second it is violently opposed finally it is accepted as self-evident

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Sidishus From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 519 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 month 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1768 times:

link for the above account ....

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/22/iraq.main/index.html

the truth: first it is ridiculed second it is violently opposed finally it is accepted as self-evident

KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52
Reply 2, posted (8 years 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1467 times:

I believe the helicopter was a Mi-8 (Hip?). In an earlier life this perticular helicopter was a military aircraft.

Sidishus From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 519 posts, RR: 4
Reply 3, posted (8 years 4 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1472 times:

Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 2):
believe the helicopter was a Mi-8 (Hip?). In an earlier life this perticular helicopter was a military aircraft.

True, but a decades old Soviet design that certainly hasn't benefited from Survivability Enginnering in the interim.

the truth: first it is ridiculed second it is violently opposed finally it is accepted as self-evident

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