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Helicopter down in Bin Laden raid
Can anyone ID this thing?
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From the reports it was an MH-60...the picture, which appears to be the rear stabilator section, is consistent with that.
There are some incongruities, but wrecks of this nature always rearrange the parts.
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Looks like a Pave Hawk to me.
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Definitely an MH-60 tail section. You can see the tail rotor driveshaft going to the right over the top of the wall...couplings still intact.
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So what happened? The pilot hang the tail on the wall coming in?
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Probably why bits of kit are strewn about like that.
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Does not matter how old or new the critter is when this happens.
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i wonder how they could get so close to the compound without being detected on the way in. we have news copters flying over the house from time to time and its noticable.
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on these delta force/seal team helos there is a button in the cockpit, that when pushed...................puts them into "secret squirrel" mode and nobody can hear them and suddenly all identifying numbers/letters become invisible and the fuselage turns black. the "official" explanation of the helo going down was overnight temps remained high and when helo pilot put it into a hover to allow seal team to rapid descend ropes, helo pilot lost "lift" due to air density. now if ya believe that, well you'll probably believe the "secret squirrel mode" button in the cockpit story.
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the best explanation since you can bet yer azz they were not yer run of the mill helos..............aka they were "hot rodded" to hell and every last nut bolt was torqued loctited safety wired within an inch of their lives before the mission, helo pilot probably to get seals "fast roping " hop sing mo-fo dropped helo too low and tail rotor impacted wall or building or tree and and it went in.
one of the WORST things and the first to go with NVG(night vision) IS DEPTH PERCEPTION! and that sucks royally.
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but the best part.................think about how MUCH MONEY those lil paki kids are gonna make putting all the helo parts they scrounged onto e-bay!
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Get yer souveneer bin laden helo bits right here folks
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Also, after seeing the (other) pics of the tail section floating around, that was clearly not your "run of the mill" Blackhawk either. 
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