Vakuru vatungamiriri ve CH-53E Super Stallions vane basa rehupenyu hwemhirizhonga munzvimbo dzavo dzose, pamwe nekucherechedza zvakatipoteredza kune vatyairi.
"Vatungamiri vematare ndivo vakanyora vanochengetedza uye mapurisa ehelicopter squadrons," akadaro Capt.
Eric C. Palmer, NATOPS mukuru, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Ndege Mapapiro. "Vanotarisira mabasa ose evatori vemafambisi vasina, izvo zviri pamusoro pezvose zviri kumashure kwendiza."
Vakuru machinda vanocherechedza kugadziriswa mumugwagwa wevatyairi, sezvo mutyairi wacho asingakwanise kuona kudarika 180 degrees mune imwe nzira kubva mumhino dzendege.
"Chechi-53 haina maonero akanaka kwazvo kune iyo, saka tinofanira kuvimba nemaziso evakuru vevashandi nemakumbo panguva yekufambisa," akadaro Palmer, anonzi Endwell, NY, akazvarwa. "Kukwanisa kuona zvinhu izvo mutyairi wacho asingakwanisi ndezvechokwadi chekubatsira kukuru kwevatungamiri vechikepe."
Maererano naLance Cpl. DL Chewey, mukuru wevarwi, HMH-361, vanofanirwa kuziva zvishoma zvezvose zviri mundiza.
"Vatungamiri venyika vanofanirwa kubata pazvinhu zvose zvendiza," akadaro Stilwell, Okla., Akazvarwa. "Tinofanira kuziva kukwana kwayo.
Tinofanira kuziva zvatisingakwanisi. Tiripo kuti titsigire vafambisi vechikepe.
"Patinenge tichibhururuka, isu tose tine basa," Chewey akawedzera. "Basa redu nderekuita sechikwata." Iwe unofambisa ndege yako pamwe chete nemumwe mutyairi, mumwe achabhururuka, uye mumwe wacho achafamba, uye iwe uchava nevakuru vevarwi vachaona uye vanoteerera helicopter pachayo.
Isu tiri chikamu chechikepe, uye isu tinotamba basa risingaitiki. "
Zvisinei, basa remukuru wevarwi, semabasa chero ripi zvaro, rinoshandura zvishoma kana zvichishandiswa.
"Pataitumirwa, isu tiri kumira nguva dzose," akadaro Cpl. Fidel R. Florez, mukuru wevarwi, HMH-361. "Sezvo kune kusiyana kwepakati pekuve mumusasa kana muIraq, pamusoro pedu tine zvombo zvedu, zvombo uye zvombo zvemaoko, uye zvinogona kunge zvichinyanya kunetseka, zvakare.
"Pano, tine maawa mana kusvika mashanu kugadzirira ndege," Anthony, NM, akazvarwa, akawedzera. "Kumusoro uko, tine nguva shomanana kweawa kuti tigadzirire ndege inogona kuuya chero nguva."
Maererano nePalmer, machinda ezvigadziro achatorawo mamwe mabasa pamwe chete nemabasa avo epakutanga paanenge achishandiswa.
"Mazhinji emabasa avo ekuchengetedza mutyairi akachengetedza ndege yacho inenge iri chinhu chimwe chete pachinenge ichiendeswa," akadaro Palmer. "Vachava nemamwe mabasa, akadai sekuchengetedza maziso kune vavengi." Vanoshandisa mabhoti .50-caliber pfuti zvakare. "
Izvo zvakakosha kukosha wevatungamiri vechikepe hazvioni nguva dzose, akadaro Palmer.
"Vatungamiri vematare vanonyatsodiwa," Palmer akapedzisa. "Vanoita zvinhu zvakawanda kumashure kwechikwata chevatyairi vanongotora zvishoma.
Vane utongi husina kunaka hwekuziva ndege yacho uye inokosha, inokosha inokosha ye CH-53 kufamba. "
naLance Cpl. James B. Hoke