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No shade meant and you can have your fancy super-tactical whiz-bang helos, but gimme a UH-1 or CH-47 any day of the week. I have a deep and abiding love for CH-47s having flown in them numerous as a custodial agent and fire team leader for "special ammunition" air missions (SAAM)⚛️💣. I was...

Just in my unsolicited opinion (ignorance?), this airborne nightmare is a troop killer. It was/is a solution looking for a problem.

Anyone know if you can order the rifle with a specific serial number within the criterion (M1A0001-M1A1974), e.g., M1A1955 (for my birth year), or other "special" date/year, or is it a first-come, first-served situation? Not a deal breaker in any case, but it'd be great to make it personal.

This was an interesting, though sad, story with the provenance of this SKS being the actual person possessing it, something a piece of paper could never convey. I was thinking of perhaps getting an SKS to add to my little collection alongside my two AK-47s, one with a straight stock and the...

You wouldn't wanna leave your ammo unprotected now, wouldja? A bear makes a fine guardian...'cept when it's feedin' time! 😱

I always wear an ankle holster when out-and-about in addition to my primary weapon carried in an IWB holster. Concealed = hidden. I'm a firm believer in the old adage, "two is one; one is none". Though I've got fat muscular calves, my SA 3" 9mm EMP, Hellcat RDP, and Taurus G2C, all present with...

I enlisted (VolAr!) in the Army via delayed entry program in July 1973 (graduated HS in JUN 73), and took BCT @ Ft Knox, KY. I can attest to the truth of one commenter's statement regarding having M16 rifles seemingly thrown together by the company armorer from Vietnam War surplus rifle parts. I...

Thank you so much for this article, especially for the memories it brought back. The Chinook is one fantastic aircraft in my opinion! Early in my Army career (’73-’94) as a Nuclear Weapons Electronics Specialist in W. Germany, I flew on numerous missions (aka SAAM - “Special Ammunition Air...