Jolly Green........
Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:22 pm
CH-3A 20th ERS
CH-3A 20th ERS
Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:36 am
Thought you were calling me for a minute there 
Nice pics, It's only in recent times that the Vietnam-era is gaining widespread interest.
Cheers,
Matt
Nice pics, It's only in recent times that the Vietnam-era is gaining widespread interest.
Cheers,
Matt
Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:55 am
Nice pic's! Where's the HC-130? 
Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:05 am
its about time we saw some HH-3E, HH-53C restored and made in a vietnam war SAR heritage flight .. who will do this tho???
.. the MH-53M are going out of srvice so could be demodded maybe? and rebuilt in TO-114 scheme and wah la .. and get those A-1J sandy on wing and there your prime airshow scene stealer...
.. the MH-53M are going out of srvice so could be demodded maybe? and rebuilt in TO-114 scheme and wah la .. and get those A-1J sandy on wing and there your prime airshow scene stealer...
Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:37 am
Deleted. How's that Shay?
Mudge the intimidated
Mudge the intimidated
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Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:28 pm
Take it to another forum Mudge.
Yeah I'm real waiting with baited breathe for a Jolly Green SAR team to hit the air show circuit.
Anybody notice the painted over markings? I'm not sure how common practice it was but i heard alot of Jolly Greens had their national markings painted over. I forget the exact reason....anybody? anybody?
Shay
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Yeah I'm real waiting with baited breathe for a Jolly Green SAR team to hit the air show circuit.
Anybody notice the painted over markings? I'm not sure how common practice it was but i heard alot of Jolly Greens had their national markings painted over. I forget the exact reason....anybody? anybody?
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:01 pm
some of the 20th Green Pythons i think there were? used black HH-3Es for night and special runs into NVN and Laos etc.
They had all natioanl insignia removed and sometime normal JGG also had it removed not sure why tho
They had all natioanl insignia removed and sometime normal JGG also had it removed not sure why tho
Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:52 pm
Shay...I'll be glad to accede to the wishes of any forum MODERATOR.
Chastise me ONLY when ALL your comments are strictly warbird related.
Until then....
Mudge
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Chastise me ONLY when ALL your comments are strictly warbird related.
Until then....
Mudge
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:50 am
G'day Mudge,
Yeah, that's my 1915 Lithgow SMLE in my avatar. I'll start up a thread in the off-topic forum about it, seems like gun talk isn't allowed here.
Cheers,
Matt
Yeah, that's my 1915 Lithgow SMLE in my avatar. I'll start up a thread in the off-topic forum about it, seems like gun talk isn't allowed here.
Cheers,
Matt
Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:14 am
Mudge you have a PM
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:47 am
Great shots, Jack. I'm not a big helo guy, but that one is a great one.
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Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:40 am
seems like gun talk isn't allowed here.
M-1 Garands being the exception of course
Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:06 pm
I believe the U-shaped green area on the aft fuselage is aluminum channel that makes a card-holding slot for the US insignia. A lot easier than painting and re-painting at will. I believe many late-model A-1s are also missing US insignia.
Ken
Ken
Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:27 pm
I seem to recall a similar U shaped channel on the side of some of the Aussie-registered and restored Trojans, to allow quick identity changes.
Cheers,
Matt
Cheers,
Matt