US Air Force Helicopter Shot At In Virginia

[Volsfaninva917]

Lived in Richmond for 8 years and covered VA & MD. "NOVA" is known to be the suburbs around DC, not the western part of VA.

Manassas is NOVA

 

[Y9 Vol]

I grew up about an hour southwest of Roanoke, everything north of Lynchburg was northern VA to us.

I get that, but the "NoVA" term refers to Fairfax, Arlington and Prince William Counties.

 

[Y9 Vol]

Manassas is NOVA

Yes it is.

 

[hog88]

Before we moved to Florida we had passes at Ober and Sugar Mtn. But my mom has a place at Massanutten where we ski when we don't go out west. I used to think I preferred skiing in the east but now love skiing out west. snow is like butter.

In my youth I skied about all the VA, WVA and NC resorts then in 95 we went to Breckenridge for the first time. It was a completely new experience skiing on powder instead of ice.

 

[0nelilreb]

I only know that place because I mispronounced it once at the Sheetz. Got some dirty looks

I’ve traveled up 81 way more times than I can count going from Chattanooga or Knoxville to the Canadian border at Thousand island bridge , just up from Watertown NY .

 

[Volsfaninva917]

I grew up about an hour southwest of Roanoke, everything north of Lynchburg was northern VA to us.

Yeah anything north of us here in Roanoke might as well be another state

 

[hog88]

Yeah anything north of us here in Roanoke might as well be another state

From what I gather from my family still in VA Roanoke is another state now.

 

[Y9 Vol]

Yeah anything north of us here in Roanoke might as well be another state

My best account in VA was the old CMT Sporting Goods.

 

[hog88]

My best account in VA was the old CMT Sporting Goods.

Blacksburg CMT was about the only game in town back then.

 

[Hunerwadel]

My PTSD is kicking in this morning. We got shot at in Bosnia, didn’t know it til we got back to Ramstein and holes we’re all over the rear fuselage. Didn’t hit any components thank god.

It's worse knowing it. We were waiting to board a chopper in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and could hear rounds ricochet off the steel tarmac before you hear the pop...pop....pop.

 

[Y9 Vol]

Blacksburg CMT was about the only game in town back then.

It was a satellite store of the Roanoke flagship. They had one in Lynchburg and Bristol also.

 

[hog88]

It was a satellite store of the Roanoke flagship. They had one in Lynchburg and Bristol also.

They were great stores.

 

[Y9 Vol]

They were great stores.

Owned and run by great people!

 

[0nelilreb]

It's worse knowing it. We were waiting to board a chopper in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and could hear rounds ricochet off the steel tarmac before you hear the pop...pop....pop.

That’s had to be terrifying.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

My best account in VA was the old CMT Sporting Goods.

Used to love going there as a kid, its been closed for about 20 years

 

[Volsfaninva917]

From what I gather from my family still in VA Roanoke is another state now.

Roanoke City, yes ( downtown, Grandin etc ) Roanoke County remains the same

 

[Hunerwadel]

That’s had to be terrifying.

Luckily it was a VC guerrilla taking hit and run pot shots from a hillside about 500 yds away instead of a trained sniper. Cobra gunships lit the area up a few minutes later. I heard they found parts of him.

 

[Y9 Vol]

Used to love going there as a kid, its been closed for about 20 years

I tried my best to talk them out of the "superstore" they opened in Roanoke. It drained the company of cash.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

I tried my best to talk them out of the "superstore" they opened in Roanoke. It drained the company of cash.

That and when Dicks Sporting Goods came in it pretty much sank them

 

[hog88]

That and when Dicks Sporting Goods came in it pretty much sank them

I hate Dicks.

 

[508mikey]

Fess up, which one of you was it?

Mick

 

[Volsfaninva917]

I hate Dicks.

Yeah we got a few around here

 

[tntar heel]

In my youth I skied about all the VA, WVA and NC resorts then in 95 we went to Breckenridge for the first time. It was a completely new experience skiing on powder instead of ice.

Hog.. with you my man. I thought it was the best to ski on ice because I was on the edge...Then this year we went to Idaho and skied on real powder and it was magical. My daughter and I looked at each other after reaching bottom of the mountain on the first run and were like oh my. That was fun. Really fun.

 

[DC_Vol]

That and when Dicks Sporting Goods came in it pretty much sank them

The old Galyan’s stores were one of my faves. Dicks bought them circa mid 2000’s.