Back إسقاط مروحية شينوك في أفغانستان 2011 Arabic Катастрофа CH-47 у правінцыі Вардак Byelorussian Abschuss einer Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Afghanistan 2011 German Derribo del Boeing CH-47 Chinook de 2011 Spanish Crash du Chinook du 6 août 2011 French Abbattimento del Chinook del 2011 Italian 2011年のアフガニスタンにおけるチヌーク撃墜事件 Japanese Helikopter Amerika Syarikat ditembak jatuh 2011 Malay Катастрофа CH-47 в Вардаке Russian

2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown

2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown
A Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter in Bagram, Afghanistan, similar to the one that was shot down
Shootdown
Date6 August 2011 (2011-08-06)
SummaryShot down by rocket-propelled grenade
SiteTangi Valley, Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan
34°1′22.04″N 68°47′7.82″E / 34.0227889°N 68.7855056°E / 34.0227889; 68.7855056
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing CH-47D Chinook
OperatorUnited States Army
Call signExtortion 17
Registration84-24175
Occupants38 + 1 service dog
Passengers33
Crew5
Fatalities39
Survivors0

On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.[1][2][3][4]

The resulting crash killed all 38 people and a military working dog on board including 17 US Navy SEALs, two United States Air Force Pararescue, one United States Air Force Combat Control Team member, one pilot and two crewmen of the United States Army Reserve, one pilot and one crewman of the United States Army National Guard, seven members of the Afghan National Security Forces, and one Afghan interpreter.[1][5][6][7][8] At 30 American military personnel killed, the shootdown of Extortion 17 represents the greatest single-incident loss of American lives in Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan, surpassing the 16 lost in the downing of Turbine 33, a 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) MH-47 helicopter, during Operation Red Wings on 28 June 2005.[2]

  1. ^ a b Ed Darack. "The Final Flight of Extortion 17". Air & Space / Smithsonian. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b Ed Darack (2017). "The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, and the Deadliest Day of the U.S. War in Afghanistan". Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 978-1588345899.
  3. ^ Dion Nissenbaum, Julian Barnes and Habib Totakhil (8 August 2011). "Elite Force Died in Bid to Save Comrades". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. ^ Carlo Munoz. "Would the Taliban Have Hit an Osprey?". AOL Defense. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  5. ^ Farmer, Ben (7 August 2011). "Taliban shot that brought down American Chinook killing 30 US commandos was 'lucky', officials believe". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  6. ^ Sarwar, Nadeem. "Taliban shoot down US helicopter in Afghanistan; 38 killed". Boston Herald. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Guardian-06-kills-38 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ David Batty and agencies (6 August 2011). "US military helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 38". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

Rich TVX News Network Site

Rich TVX News Network Info

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search