WEBVTT 00:00.563 --> 00:02.890 - [Air Support] Go. 00:02.890 --> 00:05.890 - [Airman] I'm going all the way back to 1968, 1969, 00:05.890 --> 00:09.290 people have been flying on this exact airframe itself 00:09.290 --> 00:11.363 just with upgrades to it over time. 00:13.330 --> 00:14.840 (guns firing) 00:14.840 --> 00:17.120 As the new gunships come out 00:17.120 --> 00:18.670 having more technology is great 00:18.670 --> 00:21.590 because it lets us be able to do the same amount 00:21.590 --> 00:24.530 of stuff with less people on board. 00:24.530 --> 00:25.740 - [Man] It's been constantly deployed 00:25.740 --> 00:28.610 to Afghanistan for almost 12 years now. 00:28.610 --> 00:32.588 - We have enemy QRF approaching, three zero zero meters. 00:32.588 --> 00:34.070 (guns firing) 00:34.070 --> 00:35.150 - [Airman] Close air support's 00:35.150 --> 00:37.570 very difficult to do because your biggest concern 00:37.570 --> 00:40.570 is anti fratricide, not hurting the good guys on the ground. 00:40.570 --> 00:42.080 The reason we do that really well 00:42.080 --> 00:45.280 is one, we can stay overhead for a long period of time. 00:45.280 --> 00:48.740 We're a left side or a side shooting platform 00:48.740 --> 00:50.120 and a constant pylon turn 00:50.120 --> 00:52.850 so basically we could put rounds down 00:52.850 --> 00:54.960 on just about any part of the area at any time 00:54.960 --> 00:56.614 within seconds if we're needed to. 00:56.614 --> 00:58.952 (guns firing) (intense music)