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<blockquote data-quote="FLYIN" data-source="post: 10194814" data-attributes="member: 21018"><p>TACP and CCT correct are Air Force Jobs. They do it for the Army. For Marines, the majority of our FAC's (Forward Air Controllers) are pilots by trade. We use our own. We go to school become JTAC qualified and essentially do the same jobs for the Marines that the Air Force does for the Army. We also will provide this service to other branches or to our other Allies if necessary. The units that does that is ANGLICO. I did that job in Iraq as my non flying tour in 05-06 and worked with the Army as well in 07, before flying again in 2008. We also while flying do what they call FAC A or Forward Air Controller Airborne. It is one of our specialties as an HMLA (Cobra and Huey squadron). </p><p></p><p>Here is a deployment video from last week. The FAC had his camera out that night. </p><p>Background: We were out supporting Marines in Contact over in Marjah (once that started to wind down, we got the call and diverted over to the East). The ground unit is 3rd Batallion 3rd Marines. There Patrol Base was under attack and they were receiving heavy machine gun fire and multiple RPGs. The friendlies were able to return fire and push the insurgents over into a nearby treeline around 100 meters from their patrol base. Once we checked on, we got location of all friendlies and ensured they were all in the PB. Quick talk on and a sparkle (IR pointer) from the grunts we had the correct treeline. Received the 9 line (attack brief), ground commander initials since it was danger close and it was game on. We did 3 runs, the video captures the second one and the beginning of the final run. You will see both aircraft marrying our IR pointers (sparkles). This is to ensure both aircraft have the correct target. Then you will see 20mm from the Cobra first. After he pulls off the Huey (my aircraft) you see the GAU-21 which is a .50 CAL with a rate of fire 1100-1400 rounds per minute. Followed by GAU-17 minigun 7.62x51mm at a rate of fire of 3000 rounds per minute. You see the initial minigun followed by a break because I was manuevering for backdoor guns (Us shooting while we are actually flying away from the target). Then finally you see 20mm from the Cobra as he finishes his last run. No friendly casulties, but multiple enemy ones. Good finish to my deployment. Plus it was the Marine Corps birthday.</p><p>[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsTEjSi-GHs"]YouTube - AH-1W Cobra and UH-1Y conduct gunruns on insurgents in Afghanistan[/nomedia]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FLYIN, post: 10194814, member: 21018"] TACP and CCT correct are Air Force Jobs. They do it for the Army. For Marines, the majority of our FAC's (Forward Air Controllers) are pilots by trade. We use our own. We go to school become JTAC qualified and essentially do the same jobs for the Marines that the Air Force does for the Army. We also will provide this service to other branches or to our other Allies if necessary. The units that does that is ANGLICO. I did that job in Iraq as my non flying tour in 05-06 and worked with the Army as well in 07, before flying again in 2008. We also while flying do what they call FAC A or Forward Air Controller Airborne. It is one of our specialties as an HMLA (Cobra and Huey squadron). Here is a deployment video from last week. The FAC had his camera out that night. Background: We were out supporting Marines in Contact over in Marjah (once that started to wind down, we got the call and diverted over to the East). The ground unit is 3rd Batallion 3rd Marines. There Patrol Base was under attack and they were receiving heavy machine gun fire and multiple RPGs. The friendlies were able to return fire and push the insurgents over into a nearby treeline around 100 meters from their patrol base. Once we checked on, we got location of all friendlies and ensured they were all in the PB. Quick talk on and a sparkle (IR pointer) from the grunts we had the correct treeline. Received the 9 line (attack brief), ground commander initials since it was danger close and it was game on. We did 3 runs, the video captures the second one and the beginning of the final run. You will see both aircraft marrying our IR pointers (sparkles). This is to ensure both aircraft have the correct target. Then you will see 20mm from the Cobra first. After he pulls off the Huey (my aircraft) you see the GAU-21 which is a .50 CAL with a rate of fire 1100-1400 rounds per minute. Followed by GAU-17 minigun 7.62x51mm at a rate of fire of 3000 rounds per minute. You see the initial minigun followed by a break because I was manuevering for backdoor guns (Us shooting while we are actually flying away from the target). Then finally you see 20mm from the Cobra as he finishes his last run. No friendly casulties, but multiple enemy ones. Good finish to my deployment. Plus it was the Marine Corps birthday. [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsTEjSi-GHs"]YouTube - AH-1W Cobra and UH-1Y conduct gunruns on insurgents in Afghanistan[/nomedia] [/QUOTE]
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