Damaged Cobra 2

This front view contrasts with the rear view in the prior picture. Looks like a small fender-bender here. 7 rockets are still in the left pod and removing each one caused sweat to pour from the ordinance man doing it. I count 19 tubes in each of the 4 pods and most were full when it arrived. That guy was soaking wet at this point. Some rockets had been fired prior to this Bell UH-B Cobra crashing and the ordinance dude had no idea if any of these were armed. According to him being armed made rocket removal more tricky and risky. And being young and stupid I took this picture while standing directly in front of the rocket pods.

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