Afghanistan deployed Vipers digging it up Dutch-style. Using pilots and JTACs from the Netherlands. In Holland.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyD_FfCerDA[/youtube]
Groovy.
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It’s been nearly 30 years since I sort-of-knew a Germanic language, a lot was (obviously) foreign to me. It’s interesting to watch this and pick out American terms like LASER and “on station.”
Which brings about the obvious question: In commercial airlines the language is English. Why not the same among NATO forces?
– Max
lol, wonder how the learned to do that.
Sweet takeoff and departure with Betty squawking “altitude” and “pull up” the entire way. And a nice shack on that truck!
My sister was bit by a m?ɬ??ɬ?se JTAC once…
My sister was bit by a møøse JTAC once…
Hey! there was a strikethrough tag on the “m?ɬ??ɬ?se” in the preview, but now it’s gone!?
/probably not funny enough for one comment, let alone 2.
Hey! there was a strikethrough tag on the “møøse” in the preview, but now it’s gone!?
/probably not funny enough for one comment, let alone 2.
Well, as far as B!tchin’ Betty is concerned, English IS the international language. I know Garmin has loads of different voice files for their Nuvi nav units (a friend of mine is partial to Karen-Aussie and Steffi-Deutsche), but I guess it doesn’t make much sense to record Betty in the different languages for foreign sales.
/BeachBum
I thought I broke my brain until I realised they were speaking Dutch.
I flew back from the Gulf on a KLM flight once. The onboard movie was in Dutch with English sub-titles. Funny thing about Dutch: It’s like you almost should be able to understand it, like you’re maybe a half-syllable behind the conversation and trying to catch up with the rhythm.
Although modern English is closer to German, Dutch sounds more like English in its cadence.
God! I hate to rain on this parade but… it was an exercise, no bad guys.
Unfortunately, our American troops are engaged with bad guys every day.
Babs, I’m with you 100%…I thought the whole post was a subtle snark from the Lex-Meister… what with “Dutch Treat” …using pilots and JTACs from the ” Netherlands. In Holland” and ending with… the all time nerd-berger topper …”Goovy”… GROOVY!!!…the mind boggles… that and the video cinched it for me…a training excercise in Afghanistan ?… two s**t-hooks jabbering away Dutch( sounds so much like modern English…sure it does…) to a cameraman on top of a roof ( ITS A WAR ZONE!!!NIMRODS), exposed to the skyline, in dark green uniforms speaking to a pilot who can’t seem to keep his plane computer babe/ Betty satisifed with his flying…and then blowing up a wothhless burned out vehicle with an expensive munition… it had to be a joke…it must be a joke… but then no one really called Lex on it so I backed off this AM thinking it just might be snarky ole me…then Babs’s comment thankfully brought me to my senses and I herein said what I wanted to say this AM…and that’s all I’m going to say about that. Best
Eh. A “let’s show off for the folks at home” highlight reel.
At least they hit what they was aiming at.
Airplanes. Lasers. Things go “boom”.
What’s to hate?
Touche Cap’n
Me? I liked the ready room scramble to go smoke those burned out UAZs.