Guest Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 From an e-mail forwarded by Dave LeMaster: AC-130U Gunship lands at LaGuardia I don't ever remember this happening before, but "Way to GO NY"! Our last AC-130 crew traveling home from Iraq was diverted to LaGuardia Airport for a mechanical problem. They were thankful that such a busy airport allowed them to land there. They were absolutely surprised and overwhelmed by the incredible "Heroes Welcome Home" that they received. The crew didn't expect any sort of fanfare, but you can see from the pictures that LaGuardia went all out. Thank you to those wonderful folks at LaGuardia who made our troops feel so special! [ATTACH=CONFIG]2608[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]2603[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]2604[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]2605[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]2610[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dan Wilson Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 WOW Thats just plain cool right there, I dont care what you say its just really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I've received that email a couple of times -- really neat!!! Wonder why they diverted to LGA? Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry myers Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Very cool. What a way to come home. Anyone know what the landing fee is at LGA? What ever the problem, must have been serious, as there are less congested alternates, e.g., McGuire, Stewart. However, an RON in Manhattan gotta be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 PROP ARC, PROP ARC......:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Guy standing in front of the mini-gun with hand over mouth. Like he's saying "oh shit, oh shit, is that thing loaded?..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 You'd think they would've gone into Gabreski, where the Rescue unit is. Cool anyway. Good for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 George, its not a mini gun, if I'm not mistaken its a 25mm cannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Looked like one to me, but not having flown an AC I was just guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 They pulled all the mini guns off by the late 80's I think, had to get too low to use them and the risk outweighed the gain I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hc130radio Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Surprised they didn't divert to Long Island where they have the NY ANG Rescue boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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