hawkwrench Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) I never could quite understand why in a "military" war, that you have civilian paramilitary units involved. USA state dept, FBI HRT, BORTAC just to name a few. You said drug eradication. What authorization do they have to just fly in and start drug sweeping the country? It just doesn't make very good sense to me how you can have these units running around outside the US borders in international countries enforcing the law. The CIA, I can understand their presence. Not being the devil's advocate here, I just wonder why they're needed in a military scale conflict. Tim Edited April 27, 2017 by hawkwrench Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Maybe I'm wrong Tim, but i believe the thinking is that the drug trade is sponsoring much of the terrorist activities and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I think the idea was to help cut off their cash flow. However, since I'm not a government spook, I can't really say for sure. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Tim, check out Rob Neil's article in HeliOps here. Perhaps it will shed more light on the Huey IIs in Afghanistan. Ray http://www.heliopsmag.com/images/back-issues/HO_44.pdf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 1 hour ago, rotorwash said: Maybe I'm wrong Tim, but i believe the thinking is that the drug trade is sponsoring much of the terrorist activities and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I think the idea was to help cut off their cash flow. However, since I'm not a government spook, I can't really say for sure. Ray The issue, like everything else in Afghanistan, is complicated. A good amount of the poppy crop does indeed help fund the bad guys. But you need to remember that poppy has been a major cash crop over there for ages (actually, when they were in power, the Talliban was somewhat effective in stamping it out). So when we go in an destroy some fields, there is also a good chance that the crop was owned by a "friendly" farmer. After watching a year's work wilt away (and wondering how he will now provide for his family), there is a good chance that Ahmed will now walk down to the nearest Taliban recruiting station and sign up. Anyway, that's OT. Regarding those DOS Hueys, there are some other really good pictures of them buried in this forum. Once we get the large scale Huey released, I plan on building one of them. Truly an Uber-Huey! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rotorwash Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Here's another of Rob Neil's pics. I dare say this one would make a fantastic desktop. Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UH-1Mad Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) 101st Gulf Edited April 29, 2017 by UH-1Mad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 I saw Border Patrol agents in Baghdad. Just sayin'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CharlieUH-1H Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 7 hours ago, UH-1Mad said: 101st Gulf Thanks for sharing Sir, do you have more pictures? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UH-1Mad Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 19 hours ago, CharlieUH-1H said: Thanks for sharing Sir, do you have more pictures? Sorry mate - the only Desert Storm pic I have! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CharlieUH-1H Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 5 hours ago, UH-1Mad said: Sorry mate - the only Desert Storm pic I have! They seem to be hard to find on the web Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UH-1Mad Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 10 hours ago, CharlieUH-1H said: They seem to be hard to find on the web scanned from a book I have Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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