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Old February 9th 18, 05:58 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]
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Default Bell 206 JetRanger/LongRanger/TwinRanger

On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:42:34 +0100, DAN wrote:

A few Jewish ones:

- two in the old tricolor camo.

- one in khaki with the high-viz yellow V.
It introduced after operation Shalom haGalil, when tanks came under nasty ATGM
attacks by treetop-grazing Syrian Gazelles armed with HOTs. The parade was for
all tanks to shoot airburst HEs hurriedly in the direction of the noise.

Chopper pilots whined about being sprayed indiscriminately, and the V was HQ's
answer. So now the helos are targeted more discriminately by the other side...


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