Helocast
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helocast-178-9509655
title:
Helocast
text:
Helocasting is an airborne technique used by small unit, special operations forces, also practiced extensively by the US Army's light infantry units, to insert into a military area of operations. The small unit is flown, by helicopter, to a maritime insertion point. Once there, the aircraft assumes an altitude just above the water's surface and an airspeed of 10 knots (19 km/h) or less. Team members then exit the aircraft and enter the water. In some cases, depending upon the mission parameters
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Military airborne insertion technique using a body of water
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helocast
date created:
2006-03-11T19:22:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T16:58:20Z
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13
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