160 SOAR AH-6 Shootdown: "Gravy" Coker.

10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit

English - April 09, 2022 13:00 - 2 hours - 93.6 MB
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160 SOAR AH-6 Shootdown: "Gravy" Coker.

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10PCT #32: "Gravy" Coker

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:20 Why helicopters?
00:05:35 God
00:07:41 Learning to Fly
00:09:08 Tactical Flying
00:13:37 Mission Environments
00:15:58 Training Process
00:21:44 Easy or Difficult?
00:24:32 Mortality
00:25:55 Apaches
00:33:01 The Night Stalkers
00:37:34 Tiers
00:38:39 Becoming a Night Stalker
00:53:33 Weapons Aiming
00:57:19 Attack Profiles
01:01:50 Mission Planning and Execution
01:10:22 Saving the last Bullet...
01:14:14 2004 Iraq Deployment
01:16:48 The Shootdown
01:59:30 Brain Injury
02:12:40 Post-Army

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