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January 11th 05, 02:37 PM
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Michael Wise wrote:
The BBC reports four injured. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4160339.stm Interesting - there didn't seem to have been much mention by the BBC of the US and Australian relief flights prior to this. 
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January 12th 05, 04:32 PM
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Michael Wise wrote:
Au contraire. The BB covere the US relief flights extensively prior to the crash on Jan 10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4139235.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4140961.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4142047.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4147321.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4147321.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4160339.stm Thanks for the corrections and links, Michael !
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January 13th 05, 05:16 AM
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Aviation Week lists some of the US aviation assets helping with the disaster relief: 50 US helicopters 17 from Abraham Lincoln 25 from Bonhomme Richard (including CH-53s and CH-46) 6 USAF HH-60 helicopters US Army is sending a CH-47 Chinook unit The article also included a photo of a MH-60S KnightHawk, which was a name I was unfamiliar with. D
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January 13th 05, 06:35 AM
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D wrote:
The article also included a photo of a MH-60S KnightHawk, which was a name I was unfamiliar with. The MH-60S is very recent, within the last year or two. It's basically a hybrid of the Seahawk and the Blackhawk, intended for VERTREP and other roles, eventally including mine countermeasures and combat SAR. I'm not sure whether the name "Knighthawk" is official, but it's fairly common, from the Navy's plan to use it to replace the UH-46 and HH-46 Sea Knight (but not the Marine CH-46s) as well as the HH-60H. -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right." - Senator Carl Schurz, 1872
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#6
January 13th 05, 11:06 PM
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Thomas Schoene wrote:
D wrote: The article also included a photo of a MH-60S KnightHawk, which was a name I was unfamiliar with. The MH-60S is very recent, within the last year or two. It's basically a hybrid of the Seahawk and the Blackhawk, intended for VERTREP and other roles, eventally including mine countermeasures and combat SAR. I'm not sure whether the name "Knighthawk" is official, but it's fairly common, from the Navy's plan to use it to replace the UH-46 and HH-46 Sea Knight (but not the Marine CH-46s) as well as the HH-60H. The MH-60Ss involved are from HC-11. There are SH-60Fs and HH-60Hs from HS-2 on the Kennedy, and SH-60Bs from HSL-47 also operating from the Kennedy (presumably they would normally be based on the escorts). You can easily ID the MH-60S by noticing the Blackhawk-style aft landing gear, as well as the two windows in the larger (also from the Blackhawk) sliding doors. Guy
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