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The 2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash refers to an aviation accident which occurred on January 26, 2005 when a United States Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed [2] while ferrying U.S. military personnel in the Al-Anbar province of western Iraq, near the town of Ar-Rutbah.
28 July – An Iraqi military Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in a sandstorm. All five crew-members are killed. [10]17 April – A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, 95–26648, belonging to the 3-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade crashes on infill about 12 miles (19 km) north of Tikrit while executing an 8 ship air assault at night. 1 U.S. service member killed and 3 crew ...
The F-15 pilots fired on and destroyed both helicopters, killing all 26 military and civilians aboard, including personnel from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Turkey, and the Kurdish community. A subsequent USAF investigation blamed the accident on several factors. The F-15 pilots were faulted for misidentifying the helicopters as ...
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) -A U.S.-led coalition military helicopter crashed while attempting an emergency landing during a training mission in northern Iraq on Thursday, the coalition said in a ...
A US senator and combat veteran who lost both of her legs in a helicopter crash in Iraq has slammed Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense for his stance on women in combat roles.
On the video, it is then seen that Army soldiers establish a perimeter around the site and extract the children from the burning van. When the helicopter pilots discover that they have killed a number of Iraqi civilians and wounded two children, one of them is heard to say: "Well, it’s their fault for bringing their kids into a battle". [44]
Christopher Tripp Zanetis, a New York firefighter and member of the New York Air National Guard, was one of seven U.S. soldiers killed in a helicopter crash near the Syrian border.
The two pilots were captured and shown on television along with the helicopter. [5] Pentagon officials stated the captured Apache was destroyed via airstrike the following day, [6] [7] Iraqi officials claimed a farmer named Ali Ubaid Mankash with a czech-made Brno rifle shot down the Apache. After the invasion, the farmer denied any involvement.