Bell AH-1 'Huey Cobra 'Jock' awarded MOH for actions 55 years ago

[Rat187]

Biden awards Medal of Honor to pilot who rescued soldiers in Vietnam

On the night of June 18, 1968, then-1st Lt. Larry Taylor flew his Cobra attack helicopter to rescue the four men after they had become surrounded by the enemy.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Patriot]

WATCH: Biden Leaves Everyone Confused as He Walks Out in the Middle of a Medal of Honor Ceremony

redstate.com

 

[Uzi2]

As usual, space cadet Biden ruins the ceremony.
I feel sorry for Taylor being made to suffer the insult of having such a prestigious award given by such an incompetent boob as Biden.

 

[LTCRN]

1. He though he was at the State of the Union address where everyone stands and claps for him, which was his cue to leave.
2. Was about to shit himself!
3. Like his predecessor Bo Hussein, he hates the military, he hates the country, and he had enough of this dog and pony show for the day, in his feeble mind!
4. He knew it was naptime and didn't want to be late.
5. He did shit himself

 

[Andy in NH]

Well earned, well deserved!

BZ!

 

[71montess]

Balls of steel. Imagine hanging onto landing gear and weapons pods to get out of that firefight !

 

[Andy in NH]

Balls of steel. Imagine hanging onto landing gear and weapons pods to get out of that firefight !

Maybe based on Capt Taylor's event, but they train for it now:

Isn't it dangerous for a soldier to sit on the outside of a flying helicopter?

AH-64 during an extraction exercise at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo in 2007 with a soldier on the avionics bay. I lit upon this image on Wikipedia. I see that the soldier is harnessed fastened to the

aviation.stackexchange.com

Early on in OEF, several SF soldiers sat on the open bay doors of a Marine AH-1 Cobra.

They weren't under fire, but used the aircraft as an expedient way to maneuver to a higher elevation.

My Google Fu failed me after a quick search looking for a reference, but I remember seeing the photo and reading the article.

 

[dustoff22]

Balls of steel. Imagine hanging onto landing gear and weapons pods to get out of that firefight !

Desperation, fear, and the desire to haul ass away from that hellhole. Kudos to all involved!

 

[robjax]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A4ArVdui8tE&pp=ygUhdG9wIGd1biBndXRzaWVzdCBtb3ZlIGkgZXZlciBzYXcg

 

[Rat187]

Balls of steel. Imagine hanging onto landing gear and weapons pods to get out of that firefight !

it was not unusual to have 7-10 ARVNS hanging off your skids after an insertion into the Mekong Delta, they hated that place

 

[Rat187]

Sometime after the war, it was revealed the Commanding General of the 5th ARVN Division, Mekong Delta, was an NVA agent. I don’t blame the poor bastards, I’d wanted to get the hell out too, but at the time we had orders to stomp on the fingers, a few times after he fell backwards in the LZ backwards the rifle would come up towards the ship. Well, it was M-60 vs M2 carbine…. short burst, then xin loi ARVN buddy