britgliderpilot Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 If you'd missed the recent story, a Royal Marine was found to be missing following an assault by British forces on a Taleban fort in Afghanistan. Four Royal Marines strapped themselves to the wings of an Apache and flew back into the fort in an attempt to find and rescue him. Tragically he was already dead - but the mission demonstrates the lengths the Marines and Army were ready to go to get him back. The MoD has just released footage - think it's guncam from the second Apache - of the missions, showing Marines strapped to the Apache. See here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6280000/newsid_6284400/6284429.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_o_d_2_2 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I can't get it to play :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skopro_PL Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 yeah it dosent work for me eiher. | 8700k @4.9 | Gigabyte Gaming 7 | 32gb Tridentz @3000 | EVGA 1080 TI SC2 | CV1 | VKB MCG PRO [sigpic]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FeLGqKyJ3K08k3z-7XaegWgRuGRGkKUs/view?usp=sharing[/sigpic] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kifaru Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 ditto [sIGPIC]http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4178/vaafbannerum6copyyj2.gif[/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo020 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I got the footage to work with this URL. http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/video/74000/bb/74921_16x9_bb.asx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleek Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I had a lump in my throte when i heard the story..good old boy's ;) Be Good..Be Strong..:drink: ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Neither one works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan_Piper Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Works for me. With all the bad press the war's in Afghanistan and Iraq get, weather right or wrong, the British Armed Forces always shows professionalism and bravery. Good job guys. Cheers Tartan. [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic4896_2.gif[/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoonerTC Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 like the story said, we really are working to our limits and it doesnt take long before we come up with a working solution.. Its bad though, the Americans chuck money like nobodys buisness at their armed forces but our government will see this and say "Crack on lads, we dont need to spend any money now you can use that" thats the difference. Awesome footage not the biggest fan of Booties but give them credit when its due! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kifaru Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d03858b562 found this link. damn courageous! [sIGPIC]http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4178/vaafbannerum6copyyj2.gif[/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoal Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 sawe this on bbc.co.uk before it was even broadcasted amazing.. rekoal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat61 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 A similar act was carried out by US Army Special Forces and some USMC AH-1W's. I saw the account on the Military Channel. They used the gun bay doors as seats. They wern't attempting a rescue though. It saddens me to hear that the Royal Marine didn't make it... "When you're out of Tomcats, you're out of fighters!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nscode Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 That's what happens when you don't put extra seats into your choppers. ;) (you know what I'm talking about ;)) Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force_Feedback Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 impossible, 2 seats are fantasy, and a glitch in the matrix Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piffer Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 The BBC video on Youtube: http://pff.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/apaches-ingleses-empregados-em-resgate-no-iraque/ http://vootatico.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piffer Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The Apache IR video: http://vootatico.com/2007/01/31/imagens-do-resgate-ingles-com-helicopteros-apache/ http://vootatico.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallboy Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Sorry to all you guys "ardent for some desperate glory" BUT... they didn't "strap themselves to the wings" - they sat on fuselage fairings and clipped themselves to attachment points with safety straps and karabiners so they wouldn't fall off (sounds much less dramatic, doesn't it?) and this is being hyped in the press because the British army is losing the war against the Afghans just like they always have done - read your Kipling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Top notch stuff. There were a few good pics in the press last week, Must have been bl%%dy noisy perched in front off the intakes. Adds new meaning to no-frills air travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IguanaKing Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Sorry to all you guys "ardent for some desperate glory" BUT... they didn't "strap themselves to the wings" - they sat on fuselage fairings and clipped themselves to attachment points with safety straps and karabiners so they wouldn't fall off (sounds much less dramatic, doesn't it?) Not really. Those Royal Marines attached themselves to the exterior of an aircraft...it doesn't matter how they did it. The WAH-64 was never certified to safely carry external passengers, so those Marines were taking a HUGE, calculated risk. Try it yourself some day and then tell us how "dramatic" it feels. The sand coming off that downwash is like little pieces of glass being driven by a tornado...It hurts BADLY, buddy. Water hurts almost as badly. These Marines have done a good job in conditions that the average guy cannot even begin to imagine. My hat is off to them. God save the Royal Marines! Salute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger42 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Nice response IguanaKing :) Quote - Tallboy: "Losing the war in Afghanistan". How do you measure that? Sure by all accounts the battle has been tough, but I'm curious to know on what ground you base that statement. Heard from some guys back from Afghanistan that the Afghani mountain bunkers often have a cargo ship containers built in behind 1m reinforced concrete and under 5-8m of concrete then joined by tunnels. Then they have pre-positioned mortar plates covering landing zones used by the Russians, making it hairy to get in or out. But they also said that the locals were genuinely grateful to be rid of the oppresive Taliban regime, though they still hold many towns. Either way, the efforts of the Apache pilots (even allowing the marines on the wings) and the courage of the Royal Marine commando's is admirable and would certainly boost the morale of the forces. . . . Lockon Advanced Realism with Touch-Buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafer Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Works for me. With all the bad press the war's in Afghanistan and Iraq get, weather right or wrong, the British Armed Forces always shows professionalism and bravery. Good job guys. Yup. I have new found respect for them after watching a non-embedded journalist's documentary on the Royal Marines fighting in Afghan. I was expecting the usual rah-rah crap about going to kick some ragheads' ass and whatnot. But on the contrary, they were extremely disciplined. Good for them, man. ED have been taking my money since 1995. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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