Ironclad Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 amazing what can be done when the resources are available to you. and a lot of air being moved! http://lightandflight.com/formation2.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freefall Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 holy crap thats alot of helicopters. Sweet video. Anyone actually count them all? I wish I could hear the sound that makes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cap Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 The 159th should have about 131 a/c, so those shown would only a small part of the Brigade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrkyle Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 The 159th should have about 131 a/c, so those shown would only a small part of the Brigade. I counted 10 UH-60s and 19 CH-47s. The 60s are ~$2800/hour and the 47s are ~$6800 (according to an army document I found online). So that little exercise is costing the US taxpayers just over $150,000/hour. Good thing they have such a large tax base! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotorboy2 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Geez, not very good 'formation'. OK, I'm kidding. That is alot of iron, indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cap Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 xrkyle ---------that Brigrade would be made-up of Lights, Mediums and Heavy Lifts and you are only counting part of the Heavy Lifts. Cost per hour? Don't waste your time "going there". Once upon a time I served in that military and the artillery would pound away all day many times, with very few intermissions. The cost for EACH shell fired..........$650 every time the trigger was pulled. So don't even think about going near a battlefield with an Accountant.....with us or the Americans because money means absolutely nothing in such an enviroment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Most likely flying Government officials to a global warming summit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie101 Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 HOOO F***ING RAAHH! That got my blood absolutley pumping!! The icing on the cakewould've been a formation of Apaches or Cobras takin' up the rear :punk: :up: :punk: :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transquebecniece Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 ALWAYS especially awesome to see ANY unit of the Army's 101st Airborne, here Eagle Thunder. What a proud lineage these bad boys have. Made my morning. (Cole: Not hoo f rah. More appropro: "Screaming Eagles, say what!" ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transquebecniece Posted February 25, 2007 Report Share Posted February 25, 2007 Sorry, Cole. Meant to say I don't think they host global-warming summits between Baghdad and Mosul. Last comment was for Rook. Pffft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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