Jura The idiot
General
it seems they should have eight AH-64E by now though:
South East Asia Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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it seems they should have eight AH-64E by now though:
Miragedriver
Brigadier
Thank you! This happened to me once before on another thread. Overzealous copy and pasting. It is good to know that SD members are not asleep at the wheel like the media is.
I think I’ve had too much Malbec
Fairness had nothing to do with it, really.
It was not unfair, it was just wrong.
My point was not directed at our SD poster...but at the media who made such an elementary, basic mistake.
The fact that the Indoenesians have ordered and received some actual Apaches does not change the fact that there were no Apaches in that picture where the report was that they were, "flying in formation over warships during celebrations of the 69th anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces."
Jura The idiot
General
yeah, my favorite from that set is
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so I googled it (to see if I can link it to my Facebook profile directly), its caption says
looks like "firing a gun" got lost in translation LOL
anyway, great crew, great photographer!
Jura The idiot
General
Jeff, now I found they had showed at least this one
Yes...but it would be nice for one or more of those to have been flying along with the ships in formation like the original caption indicated.Jeff, now I found they had showed at least this one
Having some of their Apaches out supporting their Navy units in the celebration would have been a cool picture.
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Lethe
Captain
I found a version of the helicopter/'battleship' shot, which shows more clearly another formation in the distance. I count something like 35 helicopters airborne, which is quite impressive, although they've probably just blown half their annual fuel allotment.
Jura The idiot
General
Yes! That's the ticket.
They should have included that pic in with the caption in their report!