YaMumYaNanYaGran (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That is incredible flying skill!!! Do they train them to do that or was that improvisation??? Either way, hats off lol!!!

benpalin08 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Nice, I was in C Co 159th Avn "Flippers", out of Ft. Bragg, NC. Nice to see our sister unit! Pinnacle landings rock, we did some in Afghanistan on the steppe farming slopes, our blades like 3 feet from the ground! Probably the craziest maneuver we ever did. The pilots didn't even realize how close we were to a blade strike, they told us Crew Members to "wave it off if it looks too dangerous." When they saw the pictures later they about crapped their pants! Go HOOKERS!

dragonsmight (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is U.S. Army, at the time it is F Co 159th Avn "Big Windy" out of Giebelstadt, Germany.

megatop412 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

holy mackerel, that is some mad skills- I kept waiting for someone's head to come flying off- kudos to the pilot

Woods46 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thats just freakin skill...

spudsk8uk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

not a tactical landing, 18 squadron out of RAF Odiham fly the special forces if i remember rightly

pallosochevive (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ma ke è?

mvar1354 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Did yall see how close the blades came to hitting the ground?

wokka47 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

In fact I remember being at Bagram in 2001 and being told 10th Mountain div. 'didn't do mountains'. - thought it was quite funny.

wokka47 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It's an American Chinook. How do I know? 714 engines and the position of the flare box. Also, no EAPS fit. And for your information we were doing this 7 years ago, a lot quicker that that in the stan, and still are. No self respecting RAF pilot or crew would spend that long in the hover - it's an invitation to get shot down. And I know this because I do it for a living. And I'm not scared of AFCS off either.