Hi, I forwarded this to my list (Army-Talk) and got this reponse.. Thought it might be of interest... John -----Original Message----- From: Maiserat_private [mailto:Maiserat_private] On Behalf Of Karl Seidel Sent: Monday, May 25, 1998 8:16 AM To: [Army Talk] Subject: Re: FW: [IWAR] USAF new helo depends heavily on computers > Subject: [IWAR] USAF new helo depends heavily on computers > > What happened to the stick and levers I used to use? > This bird goes down on EMP, jamming, or that microwave > beam gun someone mentioned... or a laser on the resonant > quantum frequency of silver or copper. "When I was your > age, we looked out the goddamn window, and we liked it!" > > --THE LIE > > new AF helo (e) (also from www.landings.com) > > "I can now see threats right in front of me," says Lt. Col. > Scott Schafer, an MH-53J pilot, "from towers and power lines > to a surface-to-air-missile." [...deleted to save bandwidth...] > The helicopters of the 20th Special Operations Squadron at > Hurlburt will be the first to receive the new capability. > Two prototype modified MH-53Js, are already in use by the > 20th SOS. John, A very interesting topic on the USAF Helo's / Aircraft. I just recently came back from working w/ these at Hurlburt. A lot of this new "Gee Whiz" stuff is still going through its initial break - in/ growing pains. It is state of the art but, no matter how many bells and whistles these things have , Pilot skills are still #1. When all this Gucci gear does work though , be it w/ the MH-53 Pave Low, MH-60 Pave Hawk or The New AC-130 U model gunship it is very impressive and these guys can put rounds downrange w/ pinpoint accuracy and infil /exfil/provide fire support to the ground guys like myself w/good results. Regards Karl
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