We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:58:47 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Apache pilots evacuate critically-wounded Soldier, kill several extremists in Ramadi firefight Staff Sgt. Lorin T. Smith 36th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs Office LSA ANACONDA, Iraq Apache pilots from Company B, 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (Attack), 36th Combat Aviation Brigade and Company A, 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, engaged extremists and saved a critically-wounded Soldiers life during a firefight in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on June 30, 2007. Two attack weapons teams (with two AH-64 helicopters making up a team) flew to Ramadi in support of Coalition Forces in search of insurgents and weapons caches.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:27:30 -0600 The video belongs to a 1st CAV aircraft that extracted 2 pilots from a shot down OH-58D south of Baghdad...if you look closely at the video you can see the aircraft is a "D" model. The 1-149th still has "A" model Apaches. There have been 2 Apache "Spur Rides" in the last week...great job by everyone involved in both units. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61968 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61968 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:57:32 -0600 downed pilots, not the medevac.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61939 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61939 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:49:01 -0600 first case got posted here...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61938 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61938 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:44:48 -0600 that's damn kewl. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61924 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61924 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:35:44 -0600 ...another perfect example of why we win when we fight (I'm talking the military here, not the political "leadership" in the US). This kind of spirit, mental and procedural agility, and all-around balls proves that we could switch all our gear for the bad guys' and STILL kick their collective, scruffy, moth-eaten, barbaric arses. A big HooooAh! to the 36th and the 12th. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61921 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/07/a_different_def.html#comment-61921 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:41:49 -0600