Other Unusual Vietnam Helicopters. (No Hueys Allowed)

grandadjohn wrote:

Cobrahistorian wrote: Heh heh heh... Just wait until I get back to my computer.     Jon    Me thinks Jon has some photo's for us

ME thinks you are probably very accurate in your assumption. 

Cobrahistorian wrote:

Heh heh heh... Just wait until I get back to my computer.     Jon

Me thinks Jon has some photo's for us

......more Skycrane pics please

Rich

Heh heh heh...

Just wait until I get back to my computer.  

Jon 

chopperfan wrote:

Hey Andy. I've got that same picture in a pictorial history of the air war in Vietnam. In that time era, of which I was a part (telling my age), there was a commercial on television for Excedrin pain reliever. They used the lead in line "Excedrin headache #3 or 8 or whatever" then they would show something half-a$$ed humorous, like a kid banging cymbals or something of that nature. That is what is written on the bomb, "Excedrin Headache #10,003" as this was the third 10,000 pounder dropped by "Big Mother". Sorry this was so drawn out.

478th HHCo had an attached element to the 15th Trans Bn.

Chief SNake 

Don't forget the HH-43 Pedro.  Sorry, husky.  No, keep it Pedro. 

I'd post a picture, but I don't know how.

Hey Andy. I've got that same picture in a pictorial history of the air war in Vietnam.

In that time era, of which I was a part (telling my age), there was a commercial on television for Excedrin pain reliever. They used the lead in line "Excedrin headache #3 or 8 or whatever" then they would show something half-a$$ed humorous, like a kid banging cymbals or something of that nature. That is what is written on the bomb, "Excedrin Headache #10,003" as this was the third 10,000 pounder dropped by "Big Mother".

Sorry this was so drawn out. 

Grandad,

Thats a great shot! i never realised that they were used to drop those "Instant LZ" daisy cutter bombs. Ive only ever seen them being pushed out the back of C-130s, though i think they were the larger 15000lb bombs.

Trying to make out whats been written on the bomb..Something "headache" ?? are your eyes better than mine?

Do you know which Air Cav unit "Big Mother" would have been attached to? would it have been the 15th Supply and Service Battalion? or the 15th Transportation Battalion?? i have no idea when it comes down to CH-54/A's.

Thanks for posting the picture.

Andy 

Here's a 11th Air Cav OH-13 with some nice nose art from the collection of Ronald Scheck of the 176th AHC.

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"Big Mother" a CH-54A of the 1st Cav being readed for it's third bomber mission with the 10,000lb to clear a LZ.

And let's not forget those ACH-47A "Guns-a Go-Go" birds

Ray,

Sorry mate, i just keep coming across these great shots of other helos and dont have anywhere to post them. Im sure you have come across loads too. Seems a shame to let them go to waste.

I found it !! was just doing a search of M5s on 0H-6s and up it popped.

""OH-6G" was the creation of the Maintenance Section of "The Real Cav", B Troop 7/17th Air Cavalry Squadron, which was stationed near Pleiku in early 1972. Armed with a 40mm grenade launcher in a nose turret, and two 19-tube 2.75 inch rocket launchers, the "OH-6G" was ready to take on anything. Unfortunately, the weight of the armament kept the little bird from taking off."

http://vietnamresearch.com/air/helo/

I was pretty sure it was to good to be true, a great "what if " photo though!

A couple of 0H-6 side mounted grenade launcher shots to cheer us up lol.

Andy

Andy,

  You beat me to the punch on this thread.  You should be aware that the OH-6 armed to the teeth with the M200 pods and M5 was done just as a what if shot.  The bird couldn't get off the ground with all that stuff on it!  I know this configuration never flew because I rememeber the story on the unit web site.  As I, like you, have visited many web sites, I can't recall the specific unit, but I bet someone will point it out soon.

   Ray