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Friday, November 08, 2024

Vietnam Assault Helicopters in Action (Rare Combat Footage)

High quality, intense, and raw combat footage of Vietnam's Assault Helicopters, the 'Hunter-Killer Teams'.

Hunter-killer tactics in the Vietnam War was a revolutionary approach to aerial reconnaissance and ground attack operations. The role of the hunter-killer helicopter pilots in this strategy was to combine the efforts of two types of helicopters: one to spot and identify the enemy (the “hunter”) and the other to launch the attack (the “killer”).

VIDEO HERE  (8:10 minutes)
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4 comments:

  1. InbredRedneckNovember 8, 2024 at 5:31 PM

    Air support is a wonderful thing.
    Of course, a dust-off ain't too shabby neither. Those were some good pilots.

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  2. Bright EyesNovember 8, 2024 at 6:02 PM

    Inbred, I could not agree more.

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  3. HMS DefiantNovember 8, 2024 at 6:12 PM

    Pity they weren't bullet proof.

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    1. InbredRedneckNovember 8, 2024 at 7:22 PM

      The pilots or the aircraft? ;^) Some of those guys flew as though they and their choppers were invincible.

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