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Originally Posted by Easy-8 I read a book about US Army Special Forces in Afghanistan. The invasion was not well organized. They had to use pick up trucks because the Air Force refused to lend them choopers. Kinda reminds me of op Urgent Furt with the lack of services supporting each other. | USAF Helos were very busy during Op. Anaconda, our HH-60s and MH-53s are now worse for wear because of Afghanistan service. Whatever book you read gave you not only incorrect information, but just plain wrong information. We used pick-up trucks for another reason. It's pretty silly to even assume you could use a pick-up truck in place of a helo, anyway.
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Last edited by PJ24; May 26th, 2006 at 20:15.
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