hawkwrench Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) Came across these a couple of weeks ago. These are some pics of the "Greyhawk" TF 160 used. . Check out the Franken hoist. How hard would that be to scratchbuild? According to my crewchief source, the 160th MH-60's interior layout of the guns and ammo boxes was the same while in Somalia. Tim Edited January 12, 2018 by hawkwrench Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BrittMac Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Assume I have no clue about what I'm looking at (this is actually a standard feature of my). So, what is the deal with the grey 'hawk? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkwrench Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 These are pics of the MH-60 that was deployed to the Gulf for Operation Prime Chance. Back then, Task Force 160 (as they were called back then) was still a secret unit. Seeing that they wanted secrecy, they painted a hawk grey to match the color of the Navy Seahawks and for it to "blend in" with the Navy helos. Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Nice (and very rare) pics Tim. Thanks for posting. I thought somewhere I read that the primary mission of the Greyhawks (were there more than one?) was to act as a SAR helo in case one of the Littlebirds had to ditch in the gulf. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkwrench Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 I'd say, it probably was. With the small size of the barge that they were housed on, there was probably only 1. Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BrittMac Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 They even bothered to paint the interior? Wow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeavyArty Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 32 minutes ago, BrittMac said: 32 minutes ago, BrittMac said: They even bothered to paint the interior? Wow. No, the cabin interior is always grey on Black Hawks. Nice pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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