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Posted: 8/12/2020 3:51:23 PM EDT
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The statistician in me wonders how many shots it took to score a hit. I don't think the shooting is a one time event. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 3:53:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Great. Now the USAF is going to do a drive-by in retaliation. The circle of violence will never end. Perfect application for a minigun |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:05:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds like those guys were making a run to Mt Weather. Happens a lot. They also have a secret airstrip not far from Middleburg.  
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:08:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. Nick |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:08:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The article doesn’t say what the helicopter was flying over when they were shot at. Kinda hard to draw any conclusions about motive when there is literally no info other than they were shot at and someone was injured. This. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:09:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryUrban renewal is a thing. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:10:56 PM EDT
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I had a neighbor that bragged to me how he used to take pot shots at low flying aircraft when he was drunk or bored or whatever.
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:14:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Please clarify this. Because it LOOKS like you are admitting to being a BLM member. I sincerely hope that I am misreading this. Nick Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. Nick Uhhhh this.
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:16:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. Interesting. I assume you joined to observe, which I can understand (if that's the case). |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:16:50 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. Nick Uhhhh this. I think we had a lefty accidentally out himself the other day trying to protect rioters from what he thought was an undercover cop. Haven't seen him post much since then. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:18:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember going over some ground target pictures with one of the F-16 pilots when I was in the Guard. I asked him while showing him a picture, "You see this firing at you, what do you do?" Pilot without missing a beat, "I shoot back." Me: "That is a picture of a U.S. weapon." Pilot: "Don't care, shoot at me, I shoot back." I had to smile and acknowledge his superior wisdom. The USAF has had some success shooting up US vehicles at times. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:23:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stuff like this happens more often than you would think. Though usually with civilian aircraft. Probably not a protestor. Probably just some lunatic in the woods. Yep. We got a call from the City of Tucson when we were having an exercise about people in the city shooting at A-10s as they were coming in for landing late at night. Checked our jets over. No hits. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:29:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is the correct answer!!!! Works for riots also!!!! Quote HistoryQuoted: This is the correct answer!!!! Works for riots also!!!! I'd prefer cluster bombs for riots. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:41:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. This is apparently a coming out thread now |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:43:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is apparently a coming out thread now Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. This is apparently a coming out thread now Or, it could be that he monitors the opposition's online activity, much like we know they monitor this site. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:47:03 PM EDT
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Moonshiners be territorial!
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:52:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Please clarify this. Because it LOOKS like you are admitting to being a BLM member. I sincerely hope that I am misreading this. Nick Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. Nick This |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:54:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Me thinks this is some next level type stuff. Not really peaceful any more. Doubtful. Very doubtful. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 4:56:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The statistician in me wonders how many shots it took to score a hit. I don't think the shooting is a one time event. I'm wondering what round. If I recall correctly, a 5.56mm round has a maximum height of about a half mile. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 5:25:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Interesting. I assume you joined to observe, which I can understand (if that's the case). Correct. Purely for information gathering purposes. I live in a deep blue area and it helps to have an inside track to the "community organizers" So rest assured, I am not a commie. Although my RPD may have been 
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Posted: 8/12/2020 5:28:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. Nick This @Nick @Commando_Guy @Redfish86 |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 5:32:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm in western Fairfax County and had just completed working out and let the dog out. I heard the distinctive sound of a Huey and then spotted it flying towards the south. I wonder if it was the same one. Sad to hear that, I was expecting to hear they took fire over Hybla Valley or a similar shithole |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 5:32:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Great. Now the USAF is going to do a drive-by in retaliation. The circle of violence will never end. Yeah but when they do it, entire city blocks disappear. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 5:34:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Nick @Commando_Guy @Redfish86  IM me your address and I’ll send some soap to wash the hippie off of ya. 
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Posted: 8/12/2020 5:39:38 PM EDT
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Skip the corrupt FBI and let the military fly helos as bait with A-10's flying high and ready dive in and conduct gun runs.
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Posted: 8/12/2020 5:44:26 PM EDT
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Lot's of problems with this story.
1) FBI is requesting public's help yet does not say where the helo was hit in DC or Virginia? 2) Helo was at 1000ft and moving when struck. That's a pretty good shot, not your everyday gang banger with a pistol 3) Helo landed did emergency landing in Mansass which is pretty far from where it took off. Was it struck there? |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:10:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lot's of problems with this story. 1) FBI is requesting public's help yet does not say where the helo was hit in DC or Virginia? 2) Helo was at 1000ft and moving when struck. That's a pretty good shot, not your everyday gang banger with a pistol 3) Helo landed did emergency landing in Mansass which is pretty far from where it took off. Was it struck there? The FBI “dispatched Special Agents and its Evidence Response Team to the Manassas Airport after receiving reports that a helicopter was shot at from the ground nearby,” the FBI’s Washington Field Office said in a statement to McClatchy. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:15:44 PM EDT
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If you get shot at while you're in a Huey, does it just automatically start playing 'Fortunate Son'?
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:18:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: H The 1st Helicopter Squadron flies white tops. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/316og-uh1-huey.png Somebody better enjoy FPMITA prison. Kharn Some 'tard thought they were shooting at Trump. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:18:35 PM EDT
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Stage run for shooting at the president, Alex Jones is right!
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:21:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Manassas gonna Manassas....... 
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:22:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Friend of mine was in the Navy in the early 70s. Sonar operator on a helo. Used to fly low over the Hudson when he was stationed in NJ. He thought he saw rifle flashes from the NJ side and no one believed him. One flight he was glassing the NJ side, saw a flash, felt a "thwap" in the helo, and saw a black male with what he believed to be an SKS running into a door from the roof. When they landed they found a roughly .30 caliber hole in the tail boom and a projectile rattling around inside. Do they believe him now? 
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:23:45 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you get shot at while you're in a Huey, does it just automatically start playing 'Fortunate Son'? 
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:30:31 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Lot's of problems with this story. 1) FBI is requesting public's help yet does not say where the helo was hit in DC or Virginia? 2) Helo was at 1000ft and moving when struck. That's a pretty good shot, not your everyday gang banger with a pistol 3) Helo landed did emergency landing in Mansass which is pretty far from where it took off. Was it struck there? The fact that a hit was scored means absolutely nothing in reference to the ability of the shooter. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:31:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Please clarify this. Because it LOOKS like you are admitting to being a BLM member. I sincerely hope that I am misreading this. Nick Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. Nick |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:34:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Great. Now the USAF is going to do a FIFY.   Some farmer mad that it scared his cows?
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:34:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Great. Now the USAF is going to do a drive-by in retaliation. The circle of violence will never end. I would be OK with this. Especially in seattle, portland, minneapolis or chicago. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:37:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Friend of mine was in the Navy in the early 70s. Sonar operator on a helo. Used to fly low over the Hudson when he was stationed in NJ. He thought he saw rifle flashes from the NJ side and no one believed him. One flight he was glassing the NJ side, saw a flash, felt a "thwap" in the helo, and saw a black male with what he believed to be an SKS running into a door from the roof. When they landed they found a roughly .30 caliber hole in the tail boom and a projectile rattling around inside. Uh huh....sure. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:38:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you get shot at while you're in a Huey, does it just automatically start playing 'Fortunate Son'? Your Purple Heart will come with a surfboard device. Kharn |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:43:56 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Perfect application for a minigun Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Great. Now the USAF is going to do a drive-by in retaliation. The circle of violence will never end. Perfect application for a minigun A hellfire missile costs what, around fifteen grand? I'm in for $20. The best life lessons are learned when something blows up on you in spectacular fashion. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 6:55:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I must shamefully admit that, as a kid, I would shoot my BB gun at low flying A-10s.https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/55995/9E87DB2E-E241-41E6-BBAE-6168F7C738AE_jpe-1543551.JPG I never shot at an aircraft, but Ive sent plenty of high speed things at things I didnt think I could hit, and sometimes even hit them. My guess is prob just some goof poppin shots thinking no chance of hitting it, and not fully grasping the consequences if they did. Ill try, but be surprised if they let me link the Jonny Cash I Hung My Head vid.  I Hung My Head Johnny Cash |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:00:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sounds to me like a way to push the firearms agenda to the forefront given the upcoming “special session”, and the fact there hasn’t been any major news worthy events in the Commonwealth in months along those lines. Sounds like it. Hitting a helicopter in flight from the ground with a rifle is... Not quite shooting another bullet midair, but awful fuckin' close. And actually hit someone inside? Horseshit. I'd say freak accident before intentional attempt to shoot an AF chopper. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:07:32 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sad to hear that, I was expecting to hear they took fire over Hybla Valley or a similar shithole My first house here was in hybla valley
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:09:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not too far from the area and I've seen the helicopters taking off and landing from the airport in question. I've obviously never attempted this, but even if you waited for takeoff or landing I feel like hitting one with a bullet from any common rifle would be a hell of a shot. Let alone while it's in flight like the article seems to suggest. I'm really, really curious to see how this one plays out. I feel like the whole story isn't here. Works some of the time. Ask Victor Charlie. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:11:45 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Skip the corrupt FBI and let the military fly helos as bait with A-10's flying high ready dive in and conduct gun runs. Make Pink Teams Great Again |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:19:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This actually tells a lot. We don't speak much of who was responding to Katrina first responders or how we dealt with it either. American journalism is a joke. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The article doesn’t say what the helicopter was flying over when they were shot at. Kinda hard to draw any conclusions about motive when there is literally no info other than they were shot at and someone was injured. This actually tells a lot. We don't speak much of who was responding to Katrina first responders or how we dealt with it either. American journalism is a joke. Journalism died. All that is left are propagandist. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:22:12 PM EDT
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Another news agency reported they were near middleburg when struck. Landed at manassas.
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:27:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not too far from the area and I've seen the helicopters taking off and landing from the airport in question. I've obviously never attempted this, but even if you waited for takeoff or landing I feel like hitting one with a bullet from any common rifle would be a hell of a shot. Let alone while it's in flight like the article seems to suggest. I'm really, really curious to see how this one plays out. I feel like the whole story isn't here. the nva and vc shot the hell out them. so its not far fetched. |
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:28:52 PM EDT
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Depending on the flight profile of the heli, I'm a little impressed they got a hit.
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Posted: 8/12/2020 7:29:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: FWIW, the DC area BLM group I'm a part of thinks its hilarious. And that they had it coming. 
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