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Boo1

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7. Looked like tracer rounds

Reply to vanessa_ca (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 09:09 PM

Jan 5

Going up. Probably anti aircraft fire.

Interesting in a couple of ways.

What are they firing at?

Clearly they had AA capabilities that they didnt use against fairly big targets with those Chinooks.

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