Notice the missile detection systems --- the 50 caliber machine guns --- the crew chiefs out and looking.
Benign environment my ass.
Marine Corps Super
Stallion helicopter from VMM-266 (REIN), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
takes off during humanitarian assistance operations in the southern
province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Date Photo Taken: 9/30/2010 10:15:00 AM
Unit: 26th MEU
Photo ByLine: Capt. Paul Duncan
A Marine Corps Super
Stallion helicopter from VMM-266 (REIN), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
flies in route to deliver relief supplies during humanitarian assistance
operations in the southern province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Date Photo Taken: 10/1/2010 12:49:00 PM
Unit: 26th MEU
Photo ByLine: Capt. Paul Duncan
A Marine Corps Super
Stallion helicopter from VMM-266 (REIN), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit,
flies in route to deliver relief supplies during humanitarian
assistance operations in the southern province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Date Photo Taken: 10/1/2010 12:55:00 PM
Unit: 26th MEU
Photo ByLine: Capt. Paul Duncan
No DIRCM, but every picture I have seen here and elsewhere shows armed Marines and aircraft with decoy flares loaded. Prudent, I would say, given the area.
ReplyDeleteCertainly not as benign as the Pentagon would have us believe.
definitely not Sgt C.
ReplyDeletebut what pisses me off even more is that here we have our Marines delivering relief supplies and they cut off our supply lines.
amazing!