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[Previous entry: "Oil, money and a lot of blood"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Global Reach II"] 26 March 2003: "Weekly World GRUs"Well, I've taken a brief look at that so called GRU stuff. I think this bit says it all: According to satellite reconnaissance it seems likely that the Iraqis had time to remove the captured Apache Longbow attack helicopter of the 11th Aviation Regiment.Right, that would be the helicopter in this picture, displaying 1st Cav Div markings. Sounds good. The problem arises from the fact that the "First Team"'s Apache Longbow battalion is the 1-227th Avn (the markings on the downed Longbow indicate A Company, the "Avengers"), which is not part of the 11th Avn Rgt. In fact, the 11th Avn Rgt isn't even part of the 1st Cav any more; it's part of V Corps in Germany (I worked with some guys from the 2-6th Cav back in September 1993; I still have the 6th Cav emblem pin one of them gave me... somewhere). The last time the 11th Avn Rgt was part of the 1st Cav was during Vietnam. "News you won't find on CNN," the page says. There's a very good reason for that. |
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