Gurkha helicopter in NYC

[John M.]

http://www.teamus101.com/images/photo22_medres.jpg

[Vintendo]

Cool, is that a Merlin?

[Fenna]

That's an RAF helicopter, yes it's a merlin

[M1A2U2]

why is it in NYC?

[Stormy]

Good 1.

[Flukeman]

.......SAS ;)

[DeltaWhisky58]

No, it is NOT a Gurkha helicopter, nor is it SAS. It is a Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) HC.3 of 28 Squadron, The Royal air Force. The Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) is the RAF's latest medium support helicopter.

The pix were taken last year when two aircraft were on a sales tour of the US by the manufacturers Augusta/Westland.

[Flukeman]

No, it is NOT a Gurkha helicopter, nor is it SAS. It is a Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) HC.3 of 28 Squadron, The Royal air Force. The Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) is the RAF's latest medium support helicopter.

The pix were taken last year when two aircraft were on a sales tour of the US by the manufacturers Augusta/Westland.

Gurkha SAS on secret mission with D Boys, SEALs and the Boy Scouts.......ooops forgot the Rangers, they're hidden in the back.....they've heard there's Bin laden in the Deli.... ;) :P ;)

[Malc]

Guess what guys, we're back =) and we're starting with NYC.

[John M.]

No, it is NOT a Gurkha helicopter, nor is it SAS. It is a Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) HC.3 of 28 Squadron, The Royal air Force. The Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) is the RAF's latest medium support helicopter.

The pix were taken last year when two aircraft were on a sales tour of the US by the manufacturers Augusta/Westland.

Ok. I had assumed it was because of the Gurkha Kukris and 'G' painted on the side.

[Vintendo]

Guess what guys, we're back =) and we're starting with NYC.

Ahaha! The Red Coats are coming! Just so you know New York was originally New Amsterdam so the Dutch might want a piece of that action.

[Dani]

No, it is NOT a Gurkha helicopter, nor is it SAS. It is a Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) HC.3 of 28 Squadron, The Royal air Force. The Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) is the RAF's latest medium support helicopter.

The pix were taken last year when two aircraft were on a sales tour of the US by the manufacturers Augusta/Westland.

28 TRANSPORT SQUADRON THE QUEENS’ OWN GURKHA LOGISTIC REGIMENT
http://www.army.mod.uk/rlc/rlc_units/10_tpt_regt_rlc/28_sqn.htm

Also http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/images/limage_28iraq_06.jpg

[Hydro]

What about 28 Transport? Gurkha truck aimers, not heli jockeys.

[Dani]

http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/limage_05_07.html
Location: Iraq
Title: 28 (Army Co-Operation) Squadron replaces the RAF Chinook detachment in Iraq.
Date: April 2005

Images by SAC Lynny Cash, RAF Benson


Picture was taken from the above site.
What about Kukhri on the tail?

Edited: http://www.raf.mod.uk/squadrons/h28.html
My mistake then! :oops:

[Dani]

http://www.raf.mod.uk/squadrons/h28.html
My mistake then! :oops:

[Hydro]

Well, I'm not too sure, but the title of No.28 Army Co-Operation Sqn may have something to do with it. Two units working close together. Anyhoo, it's still an RAF chopper.

[sp2c]

why is it in NYC?

it's protecting the east flank

[DeltaWhisky58]

No, it is NOT a Gurkha helicopter, nor is it SAS. It is a Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) HC.3 of 28 Squadron, The Royal air Force. The Merlin (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/merlin.html) is the RAF's latest medium support helicopter.

The pix were taken last year when two aircraft were on a sales tour of the US by the manufacturers Augusta/Westland.

Ok. I had assumed it was because of the Gurkha Kukris and 'G' painted on the side.

The Gurkha kukhris are because 28 Squadron has a long standing relationship with the Brigade of Gurkhas - both served long-term in Hong Kong, the "G2 is simply the aircrafts coding letter in the 28 Sqn. fleet.

Mantis - I've seen some rather un-necessary use of blanked out faces in my time, but ATC "Space Kidettes" is the limit - don't be silly.

[Fee Fi Fo Fum]

Mantis - I've seen some rather un-necessary use of blanked out faces in my time, but ATC "Space Kidettes" is the limit - don't be silly.

Is it not possible he does not want his friends faces shown on the internet?

[theg]

nicecopter ;)

[DeltaWhisky58]

Mantis - we have seen these pictures before - please do not waste bandwidth by re-posting, instead post a link to your previous thread - easy!

[Patricia 23U]

aha, i thought those symbols looking familiar.

A picture from my personal photos:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9365/merlin4pf.jpgsorry I just don't see the image in this pic to equal that of two kukri knives

[FozzieBear]

hahaha air cadets are poofs ;) you get no4's! ive been firing lovely l98's all weekend won 2 bronzes and came 3rd overall in the individual comp :) *edit*and i was staying at napier barracks on our annual camp, home of the 2nd batt royal gurkhas seen loads of em about jogging... their wives are butt ugly though.

[larryzou]

cool 1 . thinks .

[Malc]

hahaha air cadets are poofs ;) you get no4's! ive been firing lovely l98's all weekend won 2 bronzes and came 3rd overall in the individual comp :) *edit*and i was staying at napier barracks on our annual camp, home of the 2nd batt royal gurkhas seen loads of em about jogging... their wives are butt ugly though.

I use to be in the air cadets we may not have had decent weapons but the fact that on exercises we weren't armed just made our field craft 100x better, on one occasion a group of cadets snuck into a army cadet camp and stole two of their landes, on the way out a few stags tried to chalange them with their L98's the air cadets returned fire with a middle finger and told them to stand in front of of the landes and be ran over.