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Anyone else from here going?!? Looks like the weather should clear up by Saturday with a 0% chance of rain and mid 60's... GAME ON!!! 
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Operation: Ranch Hand Saturday (04/02) at Georgetown.
xyzpdq0121- Posts : 177
Join date : 2011-03-08
Age : 46
Location : Loganville
xyzpdq0121- Posts : 177
Join date : 2011-03-08
Age : 46
Location : Loganville
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June 1966, in the skys over South Vietnam
"That's twenty-seven." Called a voice over the headset.
The C-130 piloted by Capt. Joe Brandenburg circled the low hills Northwest of Saigon for the twenty-seventh time that night. His aircraft was part of a squadron of specially fitted C-130's taking part in Operation: Ranch Hand. A somewhat demeaning nickname that some top brass made up for the cycle of "defoliation" flights across South Vietnam. The infamous Ku Chi tunnels were east of his assigned flight, and there was nothing here. Of course, someone thought such "pacification" of empty jungle swamps was important, otherwise why would the US Air Force divert an entire field worth of cargo aircraft and group crew? Important to someone, but not to Capt. Brandenburg.
"That's good enough. This "Poopy"'ll eat through concrete after twenty-seven passes."
The name Ranch Hand was as demeaning as the work. Ground crews often came up with derogatory and infuriating nicknames for the squadron pilots. But boy, his squadron did have some bad pilots. He wasn't a bad pilot of course, he just got unlucky. Right?
"Nah Joe. We're supposed to do thirty passes. Besides, the Iron Triangle is a no fly zone 'till 0600." Called the voice again. Joe looked over at his co-pilot.
"There's nothin' down there I tell ya. B-52's have been hammering this area for weeks. Charlie's either blown to hell or ran back to the DMZ by now." The co-pilot lifted off his mic set and looked across the cockpit.
"I donno Joe. I heard Saigon lost an A-1 over there just last week."
"That's just rumors. Don't worry about it, it'll be fine."
The C-130 pulled out of its slow circle and angled toward the east. A heavy black silhouette against the moon lit predawn sky. Capt. Brandenburg flipped on the auto pilot settings and sunk back in his seat.
"Now we just sit back and chill." The co-pilot laughed back nervously
The navigator called through the mic set, "Hey, someone put some tunes on."
It was 0459 and radio Saigon was playing Nowhere to Run by Nelson and the Vendettas. No one heard the missile lock alarm.
Under a hole in the jungle canopy, next to a concealed tunnel entrance stood a group of three Viet Cong guerillas. One tossed a Russian made SA-7 missile launcher to his companion and whispered something in Vietnamese. They all looked up and watched as the black silhouette of an American plane burst into flame and fell from the sky.
Uniform information:
Teams will have designated colors, for those who are unable to follow the uniform assignments, marking tape/arm bands will be used. Outer gear such as vest will not be subject to color or pattern guidelines.
Below are the appropriate team uniforms:
U.S.M.C. - Woodland, Woodland MARPAT, Tiger Stripe, Cadpat, solid O.D., basically green patterns
Cobras (Viet Cong) - ACU, all desert camo patterns, Multicam, Solid Black, Tan & Khaki BDU, Blue & Urban BDU, and Civilian
Saturday April 2nd 2011
On Game Day Field Fees will be $30
Lunch is included
***Multiple gun raffles will be held***
NEW PLAYERS MUST NOT MISS THEIR SIGN-IN TIME 9:00am
Sign-in for regulars 9:30am
Cease Fire is at 7:00pm
Please visit the field rules page to review the rules at the field.
Communication will also be critical for this OP. Radios will be a very important item to have at this event.
Please help us to start this event on time, by having high cap mags loaded but not wound when you arrive, and loading your low and mid cap mags while signing in, or arrive early to give yourself enought time to be ready to play immediately after sign-in. New players also need to have their guns chronographed before playing.
If you are coming to Georgetown for the first time, you need to attend the safety briefing. The safety briefing will be given once and only once. If you miss it due to being late, you will not play.
If you have questions you can contact us at info@teamairsoft.com
June 1966, in the skys over South Vietnam
"That's twenty-seven." Called a voice over the headset.
The C-130 piloted by Capt. Joe Brandenburg circled the low hills Northwest of Saigon for the twenty-seventh time that night. His aircraft was part of a squadron of specially fitted C-130's taking part in Operation: Ranch Hand. A somewhat demeaning nickname that some top brass made up for the cycle of "defoliation" flights across South Vietnam. The infamous Ku Chi tunnels were east of his assigned flight, and there was nothing here. Of course, someone thought such "pacification" of empty jungle swamps was important, otherwise why would the US Air Force divert an entire field worth of cargo aircraft and group crew? Important to someone, but not to Capt. Brandenburg.
"That's good enough. This "Poopy"'ll eat through concrete after twenty-seven passes."
The name Ranch Hand was as demeaning as the work. Ground crews often came up with derogatory and infuriating nicknames for the squadron pilots. But boy, his squadron did have some bad pilots. He wasn't a bad pilot of course, he just got unlucky. Right?
"Nah Joe. We're supposed to do thirty passes. Besides, the Iron Triangle is a no fly zone 'till 0600." Called the voice again. Joe looked over at his co-pilot.
"There's nothin' down there I tell ya. B-52's have been hammering this area for weeks. Charlie's either blown to hell or ran back to the DMZ by now." The co-pilot lifted off his mic set and looked across the cockpit.
"I donno Joe. I heard Saigon lost an A-1 over there just last week."
"That's just rumors. Don't worry about it, it'll be fine."
The C-130 pulled out of its slow circle and angled toward the east. A heavy black silhouette against the moon lit predawn sky. Capt. Brandenburg flipped on the auto pilot settings and sunk back in his seat.
"Now we just sit back and chill." The co-pilot laughed back nervously
The navigator called through the mic set, "Hey, someone put some tunes on."
It was 0459 and radio Saigon was playing Nowhere to Run by Nelson and the Vendettas. No one heard the missile lock alarm.
Under a hole in the jungle canopy, next to a concealed tunnel entrance stood a group of three Viet Cong guerillas. One tossed a Russian made SA-7 missile launcher to his companion and whispered something in Vietnamese. They all looked up and watched as the black silhouette of an American plane burst into flame and fell from the sky.
Uniform information:
Teams will have designated colors, for those who are unable to follow the uniform assignments, marking tape/arm bands will be used. Outer gear such as vest will not be subject to color or pattern guidelines.
Below are the appropriate team uniforms:
U.S.M.C. - Woodland, Woodland MARPAT, Tiger Stripe, Cadpat, solid O.D., basically green patterns
Cobras (Viet Cong) - ACU, all desert camo patterns, Multicam, Solid Black, Tan & Khaki BDU, Blue & Urban BDU, and Civilian
Saturday April 2nd 2011
On Game Day Field Fees will be $30
Lunch is included
***Multiple gun raffles will be held***
NEW PLAYERS MUST NOT MISS THEIR SIGN-IN TIME 9:00am
Sign-in for regulars 9:30am
Cease Fire is at 7:00pm
Please visit the field rules page to review the rules at the field.
Communication will also be critical for this OP. Radios will be a very important item to have at this event.
Please help us to start this event on time, by having high cap mags loaded but not wound when you arrive, and loading your low and mid cap mags while signing in, or arrive early to give yourself enought time to be ready to play immediately after sign-in. New players also need to have their guns chronographed before playing.
If you are coming to Georgetown for the first time, you need to attend the safety briefing. The safety briefing will be given once and only once. If you miss it due to being late, you will not play.
If you have questions you can contact us at info@teamairsoft.com
-a|ex- Posts : 757
Join date : 2010-09-10
Age : 60
Location : Tyrone, GA
sounds interesting. gonna see if the kids will want to wake up at 6:00 am Saturday to get ready for this.
1.5 hours from us.
edit:
just read the rules. all our AEG's are between 400-420 with hopup off (on a good day). around 380-390 with hopup properly adjusted. we have no low cap mags. FPS limit is 400 for AEG, 550 for sniper with low caps. if i have time, gonna see if i can swap out the springs tomorrow on the JG's. i wonder if they will allow my p90 DMR with a midcap (they don't make low caps for it).
1.5 hours from us.
edit:
just read the rules. all our AEG's are between 400-420 with hopup off (on a good day). around 380-390 with hopup properly adjusted. we have no low cap mags. FPS limit is 400 for AEG, 550 for sniper with low caps. if i have time, gonna see if i can swap out the springs tomorrow on the JG's. i wonder if they will allow my p90 DMR with a midcap (they don't make low caps for it).
Last edited by -a|ex on 30.03.11 13:49; edited 1 time in total
xyzpdq0121- Posts : 177
Join date : 2011-03-08
Age : 46
Location : Loganville
Cool, it would be great to meet ya and it looks like it is going to be great weather for it! I have seen the mission specs for the USMC and it looks fun as hell!
Ya, it is about 1.5 hours from me in Loganville. At least you get highway the whole way!
Ya, it is about 1.5 hours from me in Loganville. At least you get highway the whole way!
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