AmericanSoldier15U

a few more from back before deployment, field exercise

a few more

There a few small threads, but no all-inclusive threads. throw your CV and MV-22 Osprey pics in here! These pics i have from appx. 3-4 years ago when i was working at 2 different airports in North Carolina that the MV-22s from MCAS New River would come to and use for pattern work.

All the ones I have posted are Ds without the radar as well. The only difference is the addition of the UAV receiver on top of the rotor head/under the belly and the fact that the US ones done have whatever that is on the tips of the stubby wings. I know you cant tell me WHERE those pics were taken, but how bout the altitude. That would most likely explain why they have more weapons loaded. Agreed that 30MM is the main weapon. The only rockets that are used regularly are smokes during the day and IRs at night, both for marking targets. The flechettes and WPs only get fired when the gun cant

along with the antenna on top of the rotor head, there is also what i believe is a receiver antenna on the underside of the fuselage, fwd of the other antenna, you can see it in the first pic i posted before. the missile warning sensors have been standard for years. when back in the states they are removed and those mounting points are covered. not sure why they wouldnt be on models. yeah def dont use the disco light anymore, but im not sure where the equivalent sensor has been placed. SATCOM antenna is now standard on all aircraft we have out here. some of them have the computer nicely

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There really wasnt an all inclusive thread for the Apache like all the other aircraft, so i thought I would add one. I am a CH-47F guy, but the unit I was attached to with my aircraft this deployment is an AH-64D unit, so I have spent the last year or so around them constantly. Here are just a few pics ive gathered in that time. here is one for you decal nerds! its a 10th CAB bird, TF Tigershark, shark teeth and eye on both port and starboard sides, this one has a cartoon bullet like from Mario Bros on both sides on the engine cowlings, and on just the starboard side on the tail there

thanks for the explanation Rodney. And yeah from my viewpoint as well there doenst seem to be any semblance to which airframes get them. I assume that maybe each unit is sent a certain number at a time and then its up to the unit which airframe they put it on. When we first got out here, the 3 birds that were attached to us from 5/158 (Big Windy out of Germany) all had them. We never had any given to us, and then when 10th Mountain started showing up, 2 of their birds in country had them. Thats still all they have, and all the ones I have seen. There doesnt really seem to be much of a pattern

John, Those airframes you see are just 2 of very few in country, but from what I am being told, most, if not all, US Apaches are moving to that setup. The upward facing exhausts are pretty much already standard, while the UAV mods are newer. word on the street is that eventually they will give the pilot/weapons operator the ability to actually take control of the UAV. not sure how far out that is though. the self-defense equip hasnt changed for a while. what specifically were you referring to? i have many more pics of the helo, but i couldnt find a thread for it in the research helos. may

Mi-8MTV-1 with rudolph nose radar, armor for the cockpit, and rescue winch

Actually, it isnt in PART due to H/H, but 100% due to H/H. Out here, at 7500 ft where we are at, yeah we only fly with the 2 outboard pylons, and only 2 hellfires. But when flying in pairs you still have 4 hellfires. Considering how very little chance there is of actually using one, having only 2 isnt a big risk. a full slate of 30mm rounds and a full rocket pod can take care of pretty much anything out there. the hellfires are great when you wanna just pound a large area, but precisely.

what do you mean QRC? most of our birds, and most of the birds I have seen, do not have the ATIRCM installed. mostly NG and reserve unit Ds have them, but not all of them, and only a few Fs have them. not sure what the basis is for what airframes get them.

saw something interesting today. a civvy Mi-8MTV-1 "YA-KMP" with armor by the cockpit. pic will follow later

im not sure what they are called but the covers you are referring to on the fwd work platform and the c-box clamshell doors were mods put on at reset after last deployment. they are to be standard on all F models from now on, either out of the factory, or through reset. they work in conjunction with the IRSS (the "monstrosity" you referred to lol) to reduce the IR signature of the aircraft )since our enemies now have some NVGs they have procured in various ways over the last 10 years. I am not sure what will happen with the IRSS when we get back. The birds that are here are even coming out of

i got one for ya. this was on one of the 2 birds in the group of 3 that WASNT the one to be carrying the MH-47G