LJ and VL, since the total flight range of most military choppers is around 1,000 to 1,200 miles, that means less than 600 miles one way. Look at a map of Pakistan, draw a 600 mile circle from Abbottabad. The base has to be within that circle. And no you can't refuel below radar detection elevations in those mountainous regions while airborne. So the answer to the question is YES, we had to be in Afghanistan.
Local_Historian wrote: VL - always been able to see the light - Just don't always voice it though.
Well, as fun as debate has been- how many more pages will this be later today - I'm off to work to pay for MB's social security. For now, it does look like I have to support his ass.
I do not draw SS or any type of government dollar. I have no need to retire, quit, or sell. I also work daily. And then you talk about how I make assumptions.
HEARTLESS wrote: LJ and VL, since the total flight range of most military choppers is around 1,000 to 1,200 miles, that means less than 600 miles one way. Look at a map of Pakistan, draw a 600 mile circle from Abbottabad. The base has to be within that circle. And no you can't refuel below radar detection elevations in those mountainous regions while airborne. So the answer to the question is YES, we had to be in Afghanistan.
And you're dumb enough not figure out that they can do mid-air refueling with military choppers?
HEARTLESS wrote: LJ and VL, since the total flight range of most military choppers is around 1,000 to 1,200 miles, that means less than 600 miles one way. Look at a map of Pakistan, draw a 600 mile circle from Abbottabad. The base has to be within that circle. And no you can't refuel below radar detection elevations in those mountainous regions while airborne. So the answer to the question is YES, we had to be in Afghanistan.
Really, you mean to tell me we can't deploy from anywhere to anywhere without bases? Get the facts GI Jane, then come back and we'll talk.
Helicopter In-Flight Refueling (HIFR) is a variation of aerial refueling when a naval helicopter approaches a warship (not necessarily suited for landing operations) and receives fuel through the cabin while hovering.
Alternatively, some helicopters equipped with a probe extending out the front can be refueled from a drogue-equipped tanker aircraft in a similar manner to fixed-wing aircraft by matching a high forward speed for a helicopter to a slow speed for the fixed-wing tanker.
I still can't believe you morons are arguing about who gets credit. This is a day we should all come together and just praise the men and women of our military, they are the only heros, not Bush or Obama. But you will still keep it up like mindless little kids fighting over who won a dodgeball game. Pathetic.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
