Royal Marines strap themselves to Apache gunships to retrieve body

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Originally Posted by KukriKhan

I'm still digging to find a similar story from the 90's, where some US SpecOps guys lashed themselves to a Cobra helicopter's weapons "wing" for transport.

The funny bit I remember hearing, was that when the operation ended, the Cobra pilot remarked "I'm sure glad you guys knew how to do this - I've never tried it!". The operators looked at each other, and one replied:

"We were happy that YOU knew what you were doing - we've never done it before!". :laugh4:

Maybe an urban (military) legend.

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Happsne in all walks of life. I've recently treated a sick patient. After the emergency theatre (on the table within 1/2 an hour of admission) I turned to my Registrar and said "that's the first time I've seen one of those!". She said "me too..."

~:smoking: