Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
They wrecked one of them, and instead of leaving the carcass in place like usual, they blew it up. Why? This is a picture of a portion of the wreckage left after the blast:
I certainly don't recognize that as a part of any helo that I know of... May very well be unacknowledged technology. Pretty cool!
As someone else mentioned, think it was Scambo, the incendiary grenades are used for quick disposal of classified material.
They wouldn't have used "Stealth Technologies" (the assumed reason for the looks of the modified tail rotor section) to raid a Third World terrorist compound anyway. (Ask any of the 330 guys who do the AMS - BOM flights. The radar in that region is so limited, a military spec. ops unit could've probably brought a marching band in with them and the Pakistani military wouldn't have known til after the Indi government told them so.)
The picture looks to me like the upper rotor mast of an MH-6 "Littlebird", also used by the 160th SOAR. (FTB, that's the pic I was attempting to post.)
I've only flown Blackhawks in my previous life for eight years in the Army, so don't take my word for it, but it isn't the cowling of a "highly modified H-60 tail rotor", and there is no "IR signature to mask" on the tail rotor gearbox when you have two 701C 1600+hp engines blasting hot air from the exhaust, only feet in front of the tail rotor/tail boom section.
Fly safe,
GJ
Originally Posted by
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While we wait for Gearjerks pics from the predator flying over Bin Ladens concrete mansion hut...
Sorry FTB,
Those pics are Classified TS.
Our buddy, ol' pal, Bob Gates won't release those for quite some time. Actually surprised at the fact they even released the "team" (SEAL Team Six) that executed the mission.
Fly safe,
GJ