[centex99]

I have a friend on the ground there. In fact, he surveyed the landing zone prior to their arrival. I asked him the same question, since I knew the Kurds controlled that airfield. His explanation makes sense. They did it to get the gold star on their wings. Land at friendly airfield = no gold star. Make "combat" drop = gold star. The gold stars are extremely rare these days, so you grab any chance you have to get one.

[freepersup]

slight correction- one to four combat jumps merit bronze stars, the fifth earns a gold star- five combat jumps is fairly rare- good news- the 'technical' police aren't issuing a warrant-

part of the reason the jump was made, and not an air assault or an airlift per se, was because command wanted to send a message that we can deploy a substantial force anywhere, anytime- part of in theater psyops-

no doubt, some risk / danger was involved in an airlift strategy, which was minimized by the jump-

[Centurion2000]

interesting ....

[Dog Gone]

I haven't seen any reports of injuries, so I guess I don't have any objection to it.