Kevin Brooks wrote:

"John Hairell" wrote in message
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snip interesting stuff

Not well known is that there was a spook component to the original
OH-6 competition. More airframes were manufactured than made public.
40+ airframes were built and flown/tested/crash tested prior to and
during the LOH flyoffs, and some of those aircraft were later used by
three-letter agencies.

John Hairell )

Lemme guess...they were painted black, right? :-) Geeze, John--you just gave
the alt.conspiracy.whacko crowd the definitive proof of the existance of
"black helicopters" that they have been salivating over...

Well, hell, all they need to do is find a photo of the black H-19 operated by
the CIA during the Korean War. IIRC it was used to bring out from North Korea a
fair amount of a crash-landed MiG-15 that had its major bits dismantled in the
field, and possibly for agent insertions/extractions as well.

After the war it was re-deployed to Roswell, where . . . uh, never mind;-)

Guy (serious about the Korean war usage)