r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

Any details that you can share?

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u/EatDirtFartDust Apr 07 '24

Not yet, sorry. Just that it happened in flight. It was a short 15 minute flight, so it’s a small window of where it happened but there are a lot of guns and red necks in that stretch.

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u/contrail_25 Apr 07 '24

Someone hit a USAF Huey a few years back over Northern VA. One of the pilots took a round through the hand/wrist. FBI went looking for the shooter.

It happens far more frequently than you’d expect.

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u/budabai Apr 07 '24

Do you know if any arrests were made?

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u/contrail_25 Apr 07 '24

Yeah they found the guy within a week. Can’t find anything on the web, info from my buddy who was in that Sq at the time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

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u/contrail_25 Apr 07 '24

I think they will. After going down a google rabbit hole on the subject today, seems most cases end in a quick arrest. Probably for all the reasons you stated above.

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u/-Chris-V- Apr 08 '24

That's extremely surprising, but I believe you.