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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
News of the crash was released at 16:00, [2] with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) and Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi describing it as a hard landing caused by bad weather and fog. [ 20 ] [ 13 ] Major General Mohammad Bagheri , chief of staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces , ordered all its branches to deploy their ...
The accident follows a dozen fatal crashes during Army Black Hawk training missions since January 2014 that have claimed the lives of 47 service members. But former military helicopter pilots and experts stood by the nation's rigorous military training Thursday, insisting that it's the world's best.