seven members of the Afghan National Security Forces, and one Afghan interpreter. At 30 American military personnel killed, the shootdown of Extortion 17 represents...
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Chinook crash, killing British intelligence officers the 2011 Chinook shootdown in Afghanistan, killing American special forces This disambiguation page...
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Boeing CH-47 Chinook (redirect from Chinook (helicopter))
for the Canadian Helicopter Force Afghanistan for $252 million. With 1 CH-47D lost to an accident, the remaining five were sold in 2011 after the end of...
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helicopter and airplane crashes, accidents and shootdowns that occurred during the Soviet–Afghan War of 1979–1989. In total, at least 333 helicopters...
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Boeing AH-64 Apache (redirect from Apache helicopter)
on 24 March 2012. "Marlborough Soldier Dies in Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan". Wmur.com. 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. "Army...
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A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and...
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This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II. An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is...
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Call Sign Extortion 17 (category War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) books)
JAG Officer Don Brown, about the 2011 Chinook shootdown in Afghanistan of a United States Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter. It is published by Rowman & Littlefield...
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Operation Red Wings (category 21st-century aircraft shootdown incidents)
the bodies of the 16 killed in the MH-47 shootdown. Meanwhile, Luttrell had been taken in by a local Afghan, Gulab, from the village of Salar Ban, roughly...
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AgustaWestland Apache (category Attack helicopters)
aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War Citations AgustaWestland 2011, p. 2. "British Army retires Apache AH1 attack helicopters, declares...
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