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Old 05-04-2011 | 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Columbia
I really doubt the SEALs or pilots in the "fog of war" really had the time or concern to "hide the IR signature of the TR gearbox" in the 40 minutes they were in the compound.
More like, get Geronimo, the intel, and get the F out before the Pakistanis roll in hot.
Well the pilots of the 160th SOAR who's helicopters they were are very concerned with the IR signature of the tail rotor section. The photo is of the tail rotor of a MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter.