Re: Medivac flying into hot LZs

>Subject: Re: Medivac flying into hot LZs
>From: grglnsctt@cs.com (GrgLnsctt)
>Date: 7/31/2003 5:00 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <20030731180057.10408.00001366@mb-m05.news.cs.com>
>
>>As they came up on station we would light a small piece of C-4 on every
>track
>>so he could see our perimeter and he'd set it down in the middle. Brave
>men.
>
>Bill,
>
>We were out on a night roving patrol and one of the guys cramped up. The
>chopper pilot got to our approx location and we got him a little closer by
>just
>listening to his (noisy gawdamn) blades. About 40-50 feet off the ground he
>turns the headlights on, hovers, gets his pkg and he's gone. Our location
>compromised, the leader decided to pick up the pace a bit.
>
>- LMAO
>
>Best Regards
>
>Greg
>
>
He sure did turn on his light just before landing but it was a directional
light that illuminated the area below him where he was landing. I forgot about
the light.

I know it wasn't a search light so what the hell was the light, Merc?

Bill Clarke