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Moto92
02-20-2005, 05:12 PM
Im assuming this pic is 100% real and not photoshopped. Its of a chinook helicopter doing a roof landing. That is absolutely amazing. I cant imagine the skill it would take to keep that thing steady like that. Mad props to all our troops!
http://www.bangedup.com/bu_posts/CHINOOKROOFLANDING.jpg
bansheeguy77
02-20-2005, 05:14 PM
very cool pic indeed. didnt know they had mountains in iraq tho. never really studied the geography of iraq tho :p
Moto92
02-20-2005, 05:19 PM
well i was just takin a guess on the location
catch22blaster
02-20-2005, 05:21 PM
wow god bless
02-20-2005, 05:40 PM
Im willing to bet thats Afghanistan. And that is amazing flying.

Looks to me like an extraction with 2 hostages.
Cody_300ex
02-20-2005, 07:56 PM
Very trick flying. I thought all of mid east was flat? :confused:
Honda4trax250x
02-20-2005, 08:05 PM
This is another real photograph, taken during Operation Mountain Resolve, a month-long operation launched in November 2003 to round up Afghan rebels in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar and Nuristan Provinces. The picture shows a CH-47 Chinook helicopter being lowered onto a roof to receive Afghans taken by the Army's 10th Mountain Division.




-Taken from Snopes.com
Moto92
02-20-2005, 08:20 PM
no pic....
Honda4trax250x
02-20-2005, 08:30 PM
Originally posted by fearthisracer
no pic....

its the explanation for the pic you posted
02-20-2005, 08:38 PM
Originally posted by Honda4trax250x
This is another real photograph, taken during Operation Mountain Resolve, a month-long operation launched in November 2003 to round up Afghan rebels in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar and Nuristan Provinces. The picture shows a CH-47 Chinook helicopter being lowered onto a roof to receive Afghans taken by the Army's 10th Mountain Division.

Who called it.:D
Butters
02-20-2005, 09:40 PM
chinooks are so badass its not even funny. that picture is crazy.
I-7
02-20-2005, 10:05 PM
http://www.quadfmx.com/vbb/images/smilies/usa2.gif

God bless!
Plante400
02-20-2005, 10:54 PM
extraction...

2 hostages..


Socom 2 here i come! hahhaha
02-21-2005, 09:56 AM
Originally posted by Lil_300Ex_Kid
Very trick flying. I thought all of mid east was flat? :confused: Afghanistan is a real mountainous region. I dont think any of that country is flat. Its definitely not like Iraq.

Heres another one of the same set.
http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/news/Afghanistan/91-00264_a.jpg

and this is just sick flying
http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/australian/Australian_Pinnacle_a.jpg
Moto92
02-21-2005, 11:31 AM
OK now that last one is just showing off :D
03400EX_Nacs
02-21-2005, 01:05 PM
how many years of training does that take?
hemi operator
02-21-2005, 05:30 PM
They can land in water too, like to drop off or pick up a S.E.A.L. team on a small watercraft, using the rear ramp.

This one is the Argentine military, couldn't find any U.S. ones.
http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/argentina/Argentina_Chinook_d.jpg
TORO1968
02-21-2005, 06:47 PM
Very cool!! :)