Went for a little helicopter ride this weekend

[BimmerFreak]

[Guest RandomHero]

hahahaha... thats AWESOME joe! get to do some arial target practice??

[Dropkick Murphy]

You are nucking futs dude. I would have **** my pants hanging out of a helo like that.

[Guest Bronker]

I told y'all Sector 7 was real!

And the black helicopters...they're coming for us.

[EMTRN]

That rocks, I need to come work for your dept!

[Guest SUNTZU]

All I heard was the Airwolf theme song as I looked at those pictures.

[ukerduker]

That rocks. It reminds me of the days when I used to hang out the side of a Blackhawk with my minigun doing 120 knots.

Did you hit anything?

[56FordGuy]

Screw the Ferrari ride, how much does one have to spend at Hero Gear to get to do that?

[Guest redbarron06]

Nothing in the word like a little aerial gunnery. I just prefer bigger helicopters and bigger guns.

[ukerduker]

Man, that mini is looking rough! I see the mount is outside the crew window. Is that an Air Force Hawk?

EDIT- Just saw your Avatar name. I'm assuming that a Army hawk in Korea.

Edited June 9, 2009 by ukerduker

[BimmerFreak]

I didnt realize the 278th had miniguns mounted on their 60s.

[deerslayer]

Very cool pics!

I couldn't get this theme song out of my ears while looking at them, though:

[Guest GT_Rat]

I didnt realize the 278th had miniguns mounted on their 60s.

The Hawks my father-in-law is on in the 278th don't. He's using 240's if I recall correctly. He's in Ft. Sill right now about to deploy to Iraq in the next couple of days.

[Guest Jcochran88]

Joe you suck! Should have know this thread was not just your normal helicopter ride. Looks like you had a good time.

[Guest redbarron06]

Man, that mini is looking rough! I see the mount is outside the crew window. Is that an Air Force Hawk?

EDIT- Just saw your Avatar name. I'm assuming that a Army hawk in Korea.

Actually it is a HH-60G pavehawk from South Ga. They provided PJ support for us in Aghan 2005-06. When this was taken we were out at a FOB using the 60Gs and AH-64As to provide MEDEVAC support for the Aussies SAS.

This is how I was rolling at the time. I got transfered to MEDEVAC last Nov.

[Guest redbarron06]

I didnt realize the 278th had miniguns mounted on their 60s.

278th dont have hawks any more. They lost all of there AC back in 06. The Aircraft are now 1-230th. But no the TN guard hawks dont have minis one them.

[Guest redbarron06]

The Hawks my father-in-law is on in the 278th don't. He's using 240's if I recall correctly. He's in Ft. Sill right now about to deploy to Iraq in the next couple of days.

Who is your daddy inlaw? You can just give me last name. If he is a hawk driver in this state I know him.

[Septicsam]

So that was you we saw fly over us while working on the mountain Sunday.

We were putting up posts for a new pavillion on Bear Hollow WMA when we heard then saw that bird go over.

Looked like a fun ride.

[BimmerFreak]

So that was you we saw fly over us while working on the mountain Sunday.

We were putting up posts for a new pavillion on Bear Hollow WMA when we heard then saw that bird go over.

Looked like a fun ride.

Yep, that was us.

We were using an LZ out at of Round Cove.

[Jasongar8]

Were you just doing a photo shoot type of thing? Reminds me of the POF ads, only with a nicer helo.

-Jason G

[BimmerFreak]

Were you just doing a photo shoot type of thing? Reminds me of the POF ads, only with a nicer helo.

-Jason G

We were getting photos/video for web/print media.

[Guest Bronker]

We were getting photos/video for web/print media.

Oh boy...I have a feeling we better warm up the Mac...

[BimmerFreak]

Oh boy...I have a feeling we better warm up the Mac...

Yep.

[Smith]

What is the Air Interdiction Momentum Foundation? BTW that looks like a whole lotta fun!

[Guest GT_Rat]

Who is your daddy inlaw? You can just give me last name. If he is a hawk driver in this state I know him.

He's a crewchief (if I remember right again) not a pilot. I PM'd you his info. He transferred to Smyrna within the last year I believe. He was working in Jackson on Apaches for several years before that.