Extraction Video

[Rasczak]

Extraction video I found on another site. Thought it was worth sharing over here. Didn't find it with the search so if it is here already, well you know
http://break.com/index/special-ops-extraction.html

 

[ChuckMK23]

It's a Chinook - and I believe the Army guys do these fresh water landings not infrequently in the '47.

Pretty cool - I wonder if the boat is a standard RHIB or something special to fit in the back of the CH-47...

 

[TheBubba]

That's fvcking nuts...

@Chuck... that looked like a standard issue RHIB to me...

Any of you Phrog guys ever do anything similar?

 

[FastMover]

It's a Chinook - and I believe the Army guys do these fresh water landings not infrequently in the '47.

Pretty cool - I wonder if the boat is a standard RHIB or something special to fit in the back of the CH-47...

About two or three years ago some Army CH-47s from the 160th SOAR were doing fresh water landings across the lake from my house over at Camp Blanding National Guard base. They would sit them down in the water just as pretty as you please, the boats would drive on, and they would take back off with water rushing out the back. I shot some video of it...if I can figure out how to load it I'll put it on here for ya'll.

 

[Rasczak]

photobucket.

 

[dodge]

that'd be some fun flying. i always love the comments section on these video sites though...."the video is probably being played in reverse". oh kids.

 

[AFCCT]

Boat

That is NOT a RHIB. It is a Zodiac boat. It could be Army, Navy, Marines or Air Force in the boat. It is a CH-47 flown by probably the Army's SOAR 160th.

 

[Steve Wilkins]

That is NOT a RHIB. It is a Zodiac boat. It could be Army, Navy, Marines or Air Force in the boat. It is a CH-47 flown by probably the Army's SOAR 160th.

Zodiac is a name brand. By definition, the boat in this video is a RHIB.

 

[skidz]

I don't think the air force CCT knows what RHIB stands for. Too much time away from the water.

 

[Boats]

It is actually a crrc in Navy speak, not a rhib or Zodiac. Probably has either a roll up aluminum floor or an inflatable floor so technically not a rigid hull. Details, details I know.

 

[jgl1974]

I believe a RHIB is the 36' boat used by the Special Boat Teams. You would refer to that as a zodiac if you were on of those cats riding it. You couldn't fit the RHIB in the helo...

 

[hscs]

RHIB -- Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat -- the bottom is typically fiberglass while the sides are inflatable. Not something you want driving in the back of a helo, especially since most RHIBs have a V bow section.

 

[Gatordev]

RHIB -- Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat -- the bottom is typically fiberglass while the sides are inflatable. Not something you want driving in the back of a helo, especially since most RHIBs have a V bow section.

Steve, hscs has got it. It's not a RHIB if it has an inflatable keel.

 

[AFCCT]

It is actually a crrc in Navy speak, not a rhib or Zodiac. Probably has either a roll up aluminum floor or an inflatable floor so technically not a rigid hull. Details, details I know.

Like you said details, details. CRRC sounds better but Zodiac makes some of them. I think it something like RF-470.

 

[theblakeness]

cool video!