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               There               is               a               chance               that               in               2013               an               A-10               Warthog               aircraft               with               the               official               name               of               A-10               Thunderbolt               II               will               become               a               star               in               an               upcoming               movie               about               Marcus               Luttrell.

According               to               the               official               Luttrell's               Facebook               fan               site               page               the               work               on               the               movie               will               start               in               January               2012.

And               the               movie               is               expected               to               be               released               in               2013.

Marcus               Luttrell               was               the               last               survivor               of               the               four-man               Navy               SEAL               Team               10               during               the               Operation               Redwing               (a.k.a.

Operation               Red               Wings).

There               is               also               a               chance               that               the               A-10's               role               in               the               future               movie               will               be               significantly               diminished.

The               reason               for               that               possibility               is               very               simple.

There               was               very               little               publicity               associated               with               the               final               stage               of               the               Operation               Redwing               (a.k.a.

Operation               Redwing               II).
               The               operation               Redwing               took               place               in               Afghanistan               near               the               border               with               Pakistan.

The               Special               Forces               team               was               on               a               mission               to               kill               or               capture               Ahmad               Shah,               a               Taliban               commander               of               the               insurgent               group               known               as               the               "Mountain               Tigers".

The               operation               Redwing               didn't               go               as               planned               from               the               very               beginning.

SEALs               were               discovered               by               local               goat               herders,               who               informed               the               Taliban               commander.

Soon               after               that               three               out               of               the               four               Navy               SEALs               were               killed               in               firefight,               and               it               took               more               than               one               attempt               to               find               and               rescue               the               last               survivor               -               Marcus               Luttrell.

The               first               failed               attempt               is               well-known,               partially               because               it               resulted               in               the               death               of               eight               more               Navy               SEALs               and               eight               Night               Stalkers               (160th               Special               Operations               Aviation               Regiment)               after               the               MH-47               Chinook               helicopter               was               shot               down.

The               second               rescue               attempt               was               successful,               but               it               never               made               a               big               splash               in               news               headlines.

That               is               why               the               vital               role               played               by               the               A-10               aircraft               and               its               pilot               Major               Keith               Wolak               is               less               known               then               events               on               the               ground               and               the               first               rescue               attempt.
               It               was               the               night               of               July               2,               2005,               when               in               Kunar               Province               of               Afghanistan               seventeen               aircrafts               were               gathered               within               sixteen               square               miles               area               surrounded               by               mountains               for               the               purpose               of               search               and               rescue               of               Navy               SEAL               Marcus               Luttrell.

The               weather               was               bad,               and               skies               were               cloudy.

Under               these               conditions               of               poor               visibility               and               crowded               airspace               then               Captain               Keith               Wolak,               the               A-10               Warthog               pilot,               started               to               coordinate               nighttime               rescue               efforts.

After               the               first               failed               rescue               attempt,               the               main               priority               was               to               protect               the               rescue               helicopters               from               enemy               fire.

The               A-10's               30               mm               Gatling               gun               silenced               several               enemy               fighting               positions               and               made               the               area               safe               for               the               helicopters.
               Because               of               poor               visibility               the               rescue               helicopter's               crew               couldn't               see               a               suitable               place               to               land.

The               HH-60               rescue               helicopter               had               enough               fuel               for               only               five               minutes               of               flying               time,               when               clouds               parted               for               ten               seconds.

Keith               Wolak               didn't               waste               this               opportunity.

He               used               the               A-10's               Litening               targeting               pod               to               put               infrared               lighting               to               mark               a               landing               zone.

The               rescue               crew               immediately               took               this               chance.

The               helicopter               landed,               and               the               Navy               SEAL               Marcus               Luttrell               was               evacuated               to               safety.
               Since               the               upcoming               movie               is               based               on               Marcus               Luttrell's               book               it               wouldn't               be               focused               on               the               incredible               technology               applied               to               his               rescue.

For               this               reason               let's               take               a               closer               look               at               Litening               targeting               pod               installed               on               the               A-10               Thunderbolt               II               aircraft.

The               Litening's               primary               function               is               precise               infrared               and               electro-optical               targeting.

It               is               also               equipped               with               a               laser               rangefinder               and               a               laser               designator               for               use               with               precision-guided               bombs.
               This               is               how               Captain               Matt               McGarry,               a               335th               Expeditionary               Fighter               Squadron               weapons               officer,               described               the               difference               made               by               the               Litening               targeting               pod               from               a               pilot's               standpoint,               "With               my               eyes,               I               can               see               a               vehicle.

With               binoculars,               I               can               tell               if               it               is               a               car               or               a               truck.

With               Litening,               I               can               tell               if               the               vehicle               has               been               driven               recently               and               how               many               people               are               standing               next               to               it."               A               high-resolution               infrared               image               of               the               vehicle               displayed               by               an               infrared               sensor               would               show               to               a               pilot               the               higher               temperature               of               the               car's               engine,               if               it               was               recently               used.

The               same               way               Litening               would               show               the               presence               of               people               inside               a               building               or               behind               a               fence.
               The               use               of               Litening               targeting               pod               by               the               A-10               pilot               Keith               Wolak               during               the               nighttime               rescue               mission               was               described               above.

Since               that,               even               if               the               A-10               wouldn't               be               featured               in               the               upcoming               movie,               it               doesn't               really               matter.

You               already               know               how               it               happened.

There               are               some               contradicting               accounts               and               several               conflicting               books               about               the               ground               stage               of               the               Operation               Redwing,               including               the               name               of               the               operation,               but               they               are               not               related               to               the               final               rescue               and               the               A-10's               involvement.

It               means               you               know               the               real               story.
               Sources:
               1.

Major               Keith               Wolak:               DFC               Series               from               VPcollectibles.com.

2.

A-10               pilot               awarded               Distinguished               Flying               Cross.

The               official               web-site               of               US               Air               Force.

3.

A-10               Pods               Help               Track               Bad               Guys,               Protect               Friendly               Forces               by               Master               Sgt.

Andrew               Gates               455th               Expeditionary               Operations               Group               Public               Affairs.

The               official               web-site               of               US               Air               Force.

4.

Wikipedia.

Operation               Red               Wings               5.

Operation               Red               Wings:               what               really               happened?

by               Ed               Darak.

Marine               Corps               Gazette.

January               2011.

6.

Wikipedia.

LITENING               targeting               pod               7.

Marcus               Luttrell's               OFFICIAL               &               AUTHORIZED               Fan               Site               on               Facebook.

Wall               Post               from               August               5,               2011.







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