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160th SOAR’s MH-47 makes hard landing

Posted on September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 by alert5

A MH-47 assigned to 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment made a hard landing on the night of Sept. 7 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

125th STS and Army SF fast rope training with 160th SOAR2
By Sgt. Eric Rutherford [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Military rotary-wing assets at AM-HEx

Posted on September 5, 2016 by alert5

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Photos: Royal Thai Armed Forces
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Apache lifted out of muddy field by Chinook

Posted on September 3, 2016 by alert5

The Apache helicopter stuck in a muddy field near Huston after an emergency landing has been lifted out with help from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

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Apache stuck in mud after emergency landing

Posted on September 1, 2016 by alert5

A U.S. National Guard AH-64 had to make an emergency landing on a muddy field east of Baytown in Cove, Texas on Aug. 31 and now the Guardsmen have to figure out how to get it out of the mud.

Here's a better look! You can see the @USNationalGuard #Apache is stuck. No word on when they can get out! #abc13 pic.twitter.com/yySUeJvQu0

— Courtney Fischer (@CourtneyABC13) August 31, 2016

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U.S. Army soldiers could be firing the M230 chain gun in future

Posted on August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Army is making plans to make the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle its new Light Reconnaissance Vehicle platform and arm it with a variant of the M230 chain gun found on the AH-64 attack helicopter.

Apache Gun (M230 Chain Gun)
By Jonathan Mallard (Apache Gun (M230 Chain Gun)) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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