Apaches Adapting Under Fire

October 25, 2023 00:54:25
Apaches Adapting Under Fire
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Apaches Adapting Under Fire

Oct 25 2023 | 00:54:25

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Show Notes

During a deployment in Afghanistan, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dylan Ferguson was flying an Apache, providing close air support to a special operations ground force below. When his aircraft's 30-millimeter cannon failed and there wasn't space to get the standoff distance required to fire Hellfire missiles, he and his copilot changed tactics—flying in low over enemy fighters to bait them into opening fire on their helicopter, so the other Apache flying with them could identify the enemy location and target it. He shares the story in this episode.

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