10/1/2003: PA National Guard in Afghanistan

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Originally posted by Elspode
Chinooks are awesome... And *loud*.

My older brother once told me they got their name from the sound of the rotors. (I know, it's an Native American name, right?) I grew up in Savannah, GA, with an airfield there, we would see all kinds of aircraft tooling around over our neighborhood, including plenty of Chinooks. When one would pass overhead, my brother and I would brandish "air machineguns" and fire them at each other, with the Chinook supplying the sound effects. More often than not, we would both then die horrible, languishing, dramatic deaths. Aaah, childhood...