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Chopper Bombers
Topic Started: Sep 5 2007, 01:52 PM (596 Views)
Spidey
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an SRDP suggestion for the PAF : modify a few of its UH-1H into Chopper Bombers - helicopters capable of carrying and dropping bombs.

Lebanon's air force already did it:

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LAF technicians and engineers modified the UH-1H helicopters, raising the height of the landing skids and belly mounting bomb-release gear and pylons from retired Mirage-3 jets.
“Then we got out of the depots old bombs and fitted them with new detonators and loaded them on the helicopters and tested the system and it was a success,” the official said.
So far, the helicopters have dropped 250-kilogram and 400-kilogram bombs from altitudes between 3,000 and 4,000 feet. The pilots use GPS devices to help guide them from point of departure to the bomb-release point.
“The precision has been remarkable, with most bombs landing within a 10-meter radius,” Temsah said.


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LAF technicians and engineers modified the UH-1H helicopters, raising the height of the landing skids and belly mounting bomb-release gear and pylons from retired Mirage-3 jets.


we don't have retired mirage3 jets but bomb release gear and pylons from retired f5 jets can be used by the paf for this purpose. :specool:
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