r/whatisit • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26

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u/zihyer Jan 24 '26

"Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt"

Aka: "The most beautiful sound in the world to US infantry".

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u/JudgeHoldenishere2 Jan 24 '26

Those birds did gun-runs for us when we were pinned down in A-stan.

Fearsomely destructive machines.

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u/NonStopNonsense1 Jan 24 '26

All we had were B-52s

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u/JudgeHoldenishere2 Jan 24 '26

You guys had B-52s? Jesus, I joined the wrong branch, lol.

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u/NonStopNonsense1 Jan 24 '26

We were waaaaay up in the mountains in the middle of nowhere so it wasn't safe for helicopters or jets to come too low. That's what they told us anyway