Anybody who doesn't realize the importance of the helicopter in modern day life just needs to turn on the TV... Watching today, I've seen virtually every service and type of helicopter there is being used to help with the hurricane. Army Guard Blackhawks, USCG 60s & 65s, Navy 60s... All doing rescue. Chinooks doing evac. Army 60s are now dropping slung loads of sand into the levee breaches, and they've also brought in Marine 53s (probably off the ARGs now in the area) to also help plug the levees. They've even shown some Cobras patrolling the area, and there was what looked to be one of the HMX-1 60's. They have temporary evac heliports set up to fly rescued people into, and there's a constant flow of helos coming in and out of those spots. It's hard to imagine how much worse things would be without helicopters.
Dave
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