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Question about avoiding friendly fire

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rhodema
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My husband, sonar tech, volunteered from the USS Sacramento & left on a helicopter, Navy or Marine unknown, although another sailor left with the Marines.  He told about needing to pull a transparency every day to calculate the altitude presumably needed to avoid friendly anti-aircraft fire.  I know most helos didn't do that.  Does this sound familiar to anyone?  Nothing in his records about this at all, but I found a buddy who said he did leave on a helo.

 
Posted : 2025-06-02 14:45
Dale-A-Riley
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I know we were very concerned with all the shells flying around from fire bases and naval ships. You’d have to speak with a pilot but I remember hearing about headings, arcs and altitudes as we were heading to the zones.

 
Posted : 2025-06-03 06:58
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