Cover on AKO

[hatentx]

Wow I was getting ready to log on to AKO and all the sudden I see and Apache nothing to crazy right?  Until I realized I just saw that picture and ready the caption about it being my unit at gunnery last week.  Haha closest I've been to being famous lol

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This it?

[hatentx]

yep that is the one

[citizensoldier]

Too cool!  I am surprised at the number of current and former Army I am finding around here.

CS

[CadetProgramGuy]

Army Vet, MP unit, commo sgt.

[DNall]

that kind looks like an A model to me, but I'm trackin on the nice to get some recognition once in a while.

[hatentx]

It is just not equiped with the FCR on top, (the big spare tire on top of the rotor blades)which is the tell tell sign on a D model.  Most of the Ds are set up that way.  Down range they almost never equip them with the FCR

[DNall]

That's a lot of extra weight for something that can't see a sniper, RPG, or mortar position, and you gotta fly some high passes in afghan.

[hatentx]

very true.  Extra 600 lbs.  Burns through a bag of gas a lot faster that way.  There is no real need from them there are no tanks.  Funny story was a few rotations ago long after tanks and such were gone an aircrew had a tank come up on radar.  Fater looking and verifing it was a friendly they decided to recon before taking the shot.  as the came closer it was a hurd of Camels that some how set off the same signals as a tank.  It was the camel farts or something I guess.

[DNall]

   yeah, so we're still in the A model & apparently won't deploy unless they transition us to Ds, which weigh more/burn gas/can't go as high... who's making these decisions?