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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 ...
Elizabeth Nicole "Liz" Jacobson (March 26, 1984 – September 28, 2005) was a United States Air Force airman who was killed in action in the Iraq War in 2005. A member of the U.S. Air Force Security Forces, she was the first female U.S. airman killed in the line of duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the first Air Force Security Forces member killed in conflict since the Vietnam War.
On July 12, 2007, a series of air-to-ground attacks were conducted by a team of two U.S. AH-64 Apache helicopters in Al-Amin al-Thaniyah, New Baghdad, during the Iraqi insurgency which followed the invasion of Iraq.
The helicopter crash was the deadliest loss of American troops in a single incident of the entire Iraq War, and as a result January 26, 2005, became the deadliest day for U.S. troops during the war, since six more American troops were killed throughout the country on that day. [6]
[19] At 10:30, Wickson fired an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile at the trail helicopter from a range of about 4 nautical miles (10 km). The missile hit and destroyed the trailing helicopter seven seconds later (). In response, the lead Black Hawk, piloted by McKenna, immediately turned left and dived for lower altitude in an apparent attempt to evade ...
The station said 2 members of their news team died when a helicopter they were riding went down while they were returning from an assignment. Channel 6 Action News helicopter crash in Burlington ...
Pending identification, Army officials say 28-year-old Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara of Lilburn, Georgia has died as well as 39-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves of Great Mills ...
A U.S. Air Force Beechcraft 1900 crashed on approach to Tonopah Test Range Airport after the pilot suffered a heart attack. All five aboard were killed. [75] 23 March First prototype Boeing X-50A Dragonfly Canard Rotor/Wing crashed at the United States Army Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona, during its third hover test flight. It had made its ...