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<blockquote data-quote="RavenOne" data-source="post: 483828" data-attributes="member: 1723">Worth watching this documentary...<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14574560/" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14574560/</a>&nbsp;Revealed: The Hunt for Bin LadenLead Planner and Captain, US Navy SEAL. &quot;As the briefs went through the chain of command there was a sensitivity expressed on exposure to radars and discovery of the helicopters as the force was infiltrating. That shifted the conversation to using the Black Hawks that had some of the capabilities to defeat radar.&quot;Command Master Chief, US Navy SEAL Team Six &quot;Very early on when we got out and saw them fly they were unstable, particularly when they came into hover and I said with all due respect I don't think that we should use these helicopters. The time to try something new is not on the most important raid arguably since WW2.&quot;Lead Planner and Captain, US Navy SEAL. &quot;Another one of the factors that we had to take into account was that the aircrews flying the Black Hawks had been separate programme and didn't have a lot of time flying overseas.&quot;Admiral McCraven, Commander Joint Special Operations Command &quot;..... those particular crews had been taken out of the fight for quite a while and really had just been part of research.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RavenOne, post: 483828, member: 1723"] Worth watching this documentary... [URL]https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14574560/[/URL] Revealed: The Hunt for Bin Laden [B]Lead Planner and Captain, US Navy SEAL. [/B] "As the briefs went through the chain of command there was a sensitivity expressed on exposure to radars and discovery of the helicopters as the force was infiltrating. That shifted the conversation to using the Black Hawks that had some of the capabilities to defeat radar." [B]Command Master Chief, US Navy SEAL Team Six [/B] "Very early on when we got out and saw them fly they were unstable, particularly when they came into hover and I said with all due respect I don't think that we should use these helicopters. The time to try something new is not on the most important raid arguably since WW2." [B]Lead Planner and Captain, US Navy SEAL. [/B] "Another one of the factors that we had to take into account was that the aircrews flying the Black Hawks had been separate programme and didn't have a lot of time flying overseas." [B]Admiral McCraven, Commander Joint Special Operations Command [/B] "..... those particular crews had been taken out of the fight for quite a while and really had just been part of research." [/QUOTE]

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