some time back i was bs ing with someone this forum by email (rick? rainman? MrD, forgot who it was) about the U-2s that were based at Bien Hoa in VN in 1968-9 and how I once rode in the recovery vehicle, a usaf hot el ranchero.
one of the guys i was with back then sent me this video link about a current day U-2 operation which shows the landings. Also in flight at 70,000 feet!
here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmYItnlY5M
absolutely nothing to do with M151s but cool stuff.
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absolutely nothing to do with M151s but cool stuff.
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Paper edition http://www.blurb.com/books/1646321
IOS ebook iBookstore: http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id598605516
2 M151A2s, M416 trailer, M274A5 Mule,
Former Army Aviator, Bien Hoa, VN 1968-69
Mustang Gunship Platoon Commander
68th Assault Helicopter Company 'Top Tigers'
Central Florida and France
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Re: absolutely nothing to do with M151s but cool stuff.
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Very nice!
A while back on tv, there was a show which told how the first U-2 (CIA) went down over Russia back in 60, which were based here in Pak then.
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Very nice!
A while back on tv, there was a show which told how the first U-2 (CIA) went down over Russia back in 60, which were based here in Pak then.
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1982 M825 (Former)
Muttless at the moment.
The Last Of Its Kind. A Ton Of American Steel.