"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (2 Viewers)

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Allegedly a mutiny in a russian unit:

Video Shows Russian Soldiers Refusing To Fight In Ukraine

A video shot by a Russian soldier captures a military mutiny in Ukraine -- as men from a unit of military engineers defy their commander and refuse to fight. Photos sent by another soldier from the unit showed a basement where they were later detained.

www.rferl.org

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Oh, don't worry, Putin couldn't care less if UAF put any captured Wagner mercenaries against the wall to take a bullet. He may feign outrage for the domestic and foreign media, but a dead Wagner mercenary is better than a dead Russian son (not that he cares much there either) and his outraged mother.

More to the point, a dead Wagner mercenary is better than a live Wagner prisoner, from the Russian perspective. Mercenaries sell services.

 

[GrauGeist]

Here's a good look at what's going on with Wagner in Ukraine.

Ukraine-Russia War: Wagner mercenaries lower standards for recruits - UK intel

Suffering severe casualties, Wagner has reportedly been forced to hire convicts and blacklisted individuals as new recruits, giving them all limited training.

www.jpost.com

 

[glennasher]

They must have watched "The Dirty Dozen" one too many times.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Low flying UAF Mi-8:



Bayraktar maker refused to acept the money raised by crowfunding poles to buy a drone for UAF and will send it for free and donate yo ukrainian charity. Looks like that was done also for the crowfunding of the lituanian people:

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

When the first armoured vehicles of Russia's invading army reached the heart of Chornobyl nuclear plant on the afternoon of Feb. 24, they encountered a Ukrainian unit charged with defending the notorious facility.

In less than two hours, and without a fight, the 169 members of the Ukrainian National Guard laid down their weapons. Russia had taken Chornobyl, a repository for tonnes of nuclear material and a key staging post on the approach to Kyiv.

The fall of Chornobyl, site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, stands out as an anomaly in the five-month old war: a successful blitzkrieg operation in a conflict marked elsewhere by a brutal and halting advance by Russian troops and grinding resistance by Ukraine.

Now a Reuters investigation has found that Russia's success at Chornobyl was no accident, but part of a long-standing Kremlin operation to infiltrate the Ukrainian state with secret agents.

Five people with knowledge of the Kremlin's preparations said war planners around President Vladimir Putin believed that, aided by these agents, Russia would require only a small military force and a few days to force Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's administration to quit, flee or capitulate.

Through interviews with dozens of officials in Russia and Ukraine and a review of Ukrainian court documents and statements to investigators, related to a probe into the conduct of people who worked at Chornobyl, Reuters has established that this infiltration reached far deeper than has been publicly acknowledged. The officials interviewed include people inside Russia who were briefed on Moscow's invasion planning and Ukrainian investigators tasked with tracking down spies.

How Russia spread a secret web of agents across Ukraine

Long before Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin was building a network of secret agents to smooth its path, a Reuters investigation has found.

www.reuters.com

 

[SaparotRob]

It's about time Creedence was used for Ukrainian helicopter vids.

 

[Snautzer01]

It's about time Creedence was used for Ukrainian helicopter vids.

That is about darn right. Love the smell of an Ukranian chopper in the morning.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Low flying UAF Mi-8:

Wow, that's gotta be 15' AGL tops.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Wow, that's gotta be 15' AGL tops.

Used to love doing NOE flight. We would average 25 to 50 ft (tops) usually.

One of my most memorable flights was during Operation Rapid Guardian. We flew Airborne troops all over Kosovo NOE together with Germans, Swiss, Spanish, and Italians. I took this pic of our sister ship (another Blakhawk) and a German Huey from my helicopter.

Awesome flying!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Used to love doing NOE flight. We would average 25 to 50 ft (tops) usually.

One of my most memorable flights was during Operation Rapid Guardian. We flew Airborne troops all over Kosovo NOE together with Germans, Swiss, Spanish, and Italians. I took this pic of our sister ship (another Blakhawk) and a German Huey from my helicopter.

Awesome flying!

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It's funny - this morning I was in a discussion with a commercial drone pilot who got upset because he saw a formation of Blackhawks flying low over San Francisco. He felt they were "hotdogging". I explained to him that an Army WO or higher aren't going to risk their careers "hotdogging" in a populated area, especially a formation of four. I directed him to read FAR 91.119 and let him know that commercial drone operations are at the bottom of the totem pole and just stay out of the way of any manned aircraft, especially military!

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Used to love doing NOE flight. We would average 25 to 50 ft (tops) usually.

One of my most memorable flights was during Operation Rapid Guardian. We flew Airborne troops all over Kosovo NOE together with Germans, Swiss, Spanish, and Italians. I took this pic of our sister ship (another Blakhawk) and a German Huey from my helicopter.

Awesome flying!

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I'm thinkin' that if I'm on one of those heloes, my balls are introducing themselves to my lungs, they're crawling up that far.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Everytime I see that I always hear "Flight of the Valkyries" in my head.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

It's funny - this morning I was in a discussion with a commercial drone pilot who got upset because he saw a formation of Blackhawks flying low over San Francisco. He felt they were "hotdogging". I explained to him that an Army WO or higher aren't going to risk their careers "hotdogging" in a populated area, especially a formation of four. I directed him to read FAR 91.119 and let him know that commercial drone operations are at the bottom of the totem pole and just stay out of the way of any manned aircraft, especially military!

Agreed. If they were flying low over a populated area they had permission. Most likely for takeoff or landing.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I'm thinkin' that if I'm on one of those heloes, my balls are introducing themselves to my lungs, they're crawling up that far.

Its such a fun experience. Especially when you have to go up over and down electrical wires.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Its such a fun experience. Especially when you have to go up over and down electrical wires.

The funny thing is I love roller-coasters. But without rails?!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Everytime I see that I always hear "Flight of the Valkyries" in my head.

I used to hum it while in flight. lol

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Everytime I see that I always hear "Flight of the Valkyries" in my head.

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

 

[GrauGeist]

They may have been National Guard helos on fire fighting assignment.
There are several fires burning in the area aside from the monster "Oak" fire burning in Mariposa county.

 

[wlewisiii]

Used to love doing NOE flight. We would average 25 to 50 ft (tops) usually.

One of my most memorable flights was during Operation Rapid Guardian. We flew Airborne troops all over Kosovo NOE together with Germans, Swiss, Spanish, and Italians. I took this pic of our sister ship (another Blakhawk) and a German Huey from my helicopter.

Awesome flying!

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Once upon a lifetime ago I was in a scout platoon in the National Guard. There were three helicopter flights I remember the most.

The first was over the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota. I remember sitting on the edge of the Huey and looking down at the bald eagles flying below us.

The next was at Ft. Mcoy and a very young butter bar asked the Vietnam vet CW4 to fly the insertion "for real". That was a hell of a roller coaster

Last was playing door gunner on a Blackhawk at Hohenfels while on a tour with the OpFor there. Leaning out with only the M-60 and the harness while popping miles/blanks at the trainees while we flew at NOE altitude was worth cleaning those dog machine guns