Griffon helicopters begin hunting Taliban bomb planters at night

Military | 206894 hits | Feb 22 12:56 pm | Posted by: Hyack

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Two CH-146 Griffon helicopters lifted off into the dim, grainy dusk above Kandahar Airfield one night last week and made straight for the mountains, in a new and completely unheralded chapter in the Afghan war.

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by Loader
Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:31 pm
Our new Heron UAV is ideally suited to this role, wonder why the Griffons are tagged with it
by roger-roger
Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:01 am
So they have an excuse to have them...
by saturn_656
Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:48 am
Can a Heron carry weapons? Sure it can find IED planters just as well.

What about killing them?
by SprCForr
Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:32 am
This isn't so remarkable:

The Torch - Griffons fly by night--and it's no big deal

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