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Edited by Christian Lowe | Contact

One Heck of a Ride

Now I've seen footage of SOF dudes catching a ride in the ammo bay of a Cobra in Afghanistan. And I've heard of other operators flying the "wings" of Apaches during an evac near Ramadi, but this is a tough one to believe...

Photoshopped or not?

apache-sit.jpg

-- Christian

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Its not likely ACUs that are worn in the PIC, but more likely A2CUs. The aviation version.

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after review of my permiter pictures this looks like a distant shot of the helo to the N/E of bondsteel gate #3 as it heads up to avation hill area.

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Posted by: Psypher69 at July 29, 2008 11:32 PM


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Real. I have photos of a few of us doing it too.

Posted by: Atkin at July 29, 2008 09:10 AM


This technique is old as at least Desert Storm. We couldn't count on CSAR so we settled on this technique. Probably suggested by some 160 vets we had in the battalion. We had extraction harnesses sewed into our ALSE vests. Three snaplinks were used to hook onto the handle below the canopy. We never had to use it but at least we new that our wingmen would be there for us.

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Just get a AH-60L for attack + transport.

Posted by: pedestrian at July 27, 2008 09:15 AM


A SF buddy of mine was part of the testing for this type of operation.
Mostly it is like stated..case of emergency evac.
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Posted by: SFC K at July 27, 2008 08:16 AM


Its not new but frowned upon. Apache guy.

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Posted by: Max Anderson at July 26, 2008 06:57 PM


For Alexander:
Look at the highlights on the nose of the aircraft, the light is from the front, not the viewers left side.

And here's an actual Apache pilot's blog talking about how his unit did this 3 times in OIF 06-08.

http://guidons.blogspot.com/2008/07/do-these-guys-ever-watch-news.html#links

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Posted by: DC2 Jennings at July 26, 2008 09:19 AM


It's real people. He is not on the shadow side of the Apache. Some of you need to spend more time looking at it. There is a handle bar on the side of the heli that the soldiers can hold onto and strap themselves to, it's not new.

Posted by: Mike at July 26, 2008 09:06 AM


It's a well known technique in the UK for extreme SAR missions. I think the British mission was to retrieve the body of a dead soldier. One Apache provided cover whilst two soldiers rode in on an Apache to do the rescue.

Posted by: Liam H at July 26, 2008 08:57 AM


wow losing some respect for readers here. This is very real and well documented and the photo is from an Army web site and half of you say it can't be real. Wow.

Posted by: christopher at July 26, 2008 02:08 AM


Correction:

"A Multi-National Task Force (East) Soldier, rides shotgun on an AH-64 Apache during an Apache extraction exercise Aug. 25 at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo"

Posted by: FoxThree at July 26, 2008 12:28 AM


Just to put this to rest, here is the link to the picture via US Army's flickr.com site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/1335147481/

It is not a photoshop, if one simply checks the links provided then it can be seen that it is indeed a real photo showcasing a capability that has been repeated several times.

The original caption provided with the photo:

"In the extreme case of a battlefield or natural disaster area rescue, the pilot or co-pilot of an AH-64 Apache will ride on the outside of the helicopter so the passenger(s) can sit inside. At Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Aug. 25, Soldiers practice the tricky operation. Photo by Sgt. Stephen Proctor"

Posted by: FoxThree at July 26, 2008 12:26 AM


Yes, it is training, it has been done at Hood several times since 2003. The method has been used several times in combat.

Posted by: Shooter at July 26, 2008 12:24 AM


That is a certain photoshop. He is on the shadow side of the helicopter, yet he has no shadows on him. He is too bright for where he is.

Plus depending on what speed it is flying at, his leg shouldn't be able to lay there. It would probably break backwards. I don't believe his hand could stay there either.

I do not doubt that things like this happen, but his particular image is a photoshop image.

Posted by: Alexander at July 25, 2008 11:58 PM


Here's a link to a forum where lots more photos are shown of the same things. It's tricky, but can be done.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=126443

Posted by: Dennis Robbins at July 25, 2008 08:59 PM


Asterix,
ACUs (your "desert" camo) are the standard uniform. Do I buy the pic? Yes, though I'd like to see a bigger version. The technique is known and established.

Posted by: TrustButVerify at July 25, 2008 08:47 PM


i deployed with 1st cav's air cav brigade and we had crews do this twice to pick up downed wingmen.they simply clip their monkey strap from their harness into these harpoints on the bird used for liftinf and voila.insta evac.

Posted by: brian at July 25, 2008 07:27 PM


It could very well be real


Come on look at the black outline around the soldier, I've seen better special effects on a made for sci fi movie.

Posted by: Chris at July 25, 2008 05:35 PM


Just because it has been done before doesn't mean you should jump to the conclusion that a pic of it is real. Camp's post has the explanation along with a bigger/more real-looking version. Although it doesn't say why the guy is in desert camo.

Posted by: Asterix at July 25, 2008 05:05 PM


Several pic's of the Apache & Cobra Evac.

"Riding Shotgun AH-64 Apache Style"
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=126443

Posted by: Camp at July 25, 2008 04:50 PM


It could very well be real. A quick Google search got me this:

http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/140768.html

Not to mention, the guys foot is actually on one of the weapons.

Posted by: Stu at July 25, 2008 04:32 PM


It's real. There was a lot more information on the blogs a year and a half ago when four British Royal Marines went back into a hot LZ in Afghanistan to try to rescue a fellow marine, hanging on the outside of Apache helicopters. It was real, and there is a video of it as well. Here is my post on the topic from January of last year:

http://digitalirony.blogspot.com/2007/01/real-life-superheroes.html

Posted by: Yishai at July 25, 2008 03:16 PM


Unless he's in a harness and there's a hardpoint there that he's clipped on to - I'd call BS. The downwash is prob'ly worse than the intake suction. The pic is a bit overcompressed, so it's hard to tell, but judging by the funky look of the outline of his leg - it's a photoshop.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2008 02:50 PM


Though it's hard to tell from the angle, it doesn't look like he's _right_ up against the intake.

I seem to remember an AH-64 can still run relatively effectively on only one engine if it has to. But then, with reduced crew and injured personnel onboard, I'd probably prefer to be lashed on the bottom of the wing rather than be operating on only one engine if it came down to it.

Posted by: Dr. Curiosity at July 25, 2008 02:45 PM


Christian,
Off the top of my head, I believe this technique has been used at least three times. Here is a link to some IR video of a Brit being rescued followed by a short desciption of the rescue: http://www.revver.com/video/158089/apache-rescue/

Dramatic video footage can now be seen of the daring rescue attempt of Lance Corporal Mathew Ford, carried out by Royal Marines on Apache helicopters in Afghanistan on Monday 15 January 2007.

Here is another link to a story where an American Apache pilot got out and gave his seat to a wounded soldier and rode outside.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3723/is_200709/ai_n21032643

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Posted by: Otto Pernotto at July 25, 2008 02:26 PM


Real, it seems that the ARMY are looking at training crews to extract downed aircrew were possible, with the most seriously injuried crew member in the cockpit and the other two on the outside.

Posted by: Phil at July 25, 2008 02:21 PM


Looks to me like his head is right up against the air in take. I would guess those motors would suck your kevlar right off your head. Photoshop.

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