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Tango01  | 24 Oct 2017 9:42 p.m. PST |
….in 87 U.S. Scout Helicopters. "On July 27, 2013, as a column of armored personnel carriers and tanks rumbled before the stand of Kim Jong Un to commemorate the end of a bloody war with the United States 60 years earlier, four small American-made MD 500E helicopters buzzed low overhead. You can see it occur at 3:13 in the this video. If you look closely, you can see they have been wired with anti-tank missiles on racks slung on the sides. In fact, this was the first confirmation that Pyongyang has maintained the fleet of 87 U.S.-built helicopters it smuggled into the country more than a quarter century ago. The MD 500 is a civilian version of the distinctive Army OH-6 Cayuse light observation helicopter, which entered U.S. military service back in the 1960s. The no-frills design has been nicknamed the "Flying Egg" due to its compact, ovoid fuselage…."
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| paulgenna | 25 Oct 2017 10:14 a.m. PST |
Also shows they have nothing to replace them with and still need them. |
| Tango01 | 25 Oct 2017 10:50 a.m. PST |
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| Charlie 12 | 26 Oct 2017 7:05 p.m. PST |
A MD 500 does not an Apache make…. |
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