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US Special Ops soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight
« on: January 05, 2016, 09:58:51 AM »


One U.S. special operations soldier was killed and another was wounded while fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan Tuesday, a U.S. defense official confirms to Fox News.

When a U.S. military “medevac” helicopter landed in Helmand Province in the city of Marjah to get wounded U.S. and Afghan troops out of the area, the helicopter sustained damage when mortars landed near the helicopter.

The helicopter is currently on the ground due to damage sustained in the attack.

A third American wounded in the attack was not a special ops soldier and is suspected to have come from the helicopter.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/01/05/several-us-special-ops-forces-reportedly-killed-or-wounded-in-afghanistan-operations.html

A U.S. Army spokesman told Reuters that the helicopter suffered mechanical malfunctions.
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Re: US Special Ops soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2016, 10:06:32 AM »
They fired at a medivac helicopter? WTF?
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Re: US Special Ops soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2016, 10:12:11 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 05, 2016, 10:06:32 AM
They fired at a medivac helicopter? WTF?

Par for the course.  The Taliban see a red cross on a helicopter and they just think it's an aiming point.

We're the only ones who seem to want to play by a rule book in this fight.
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Re: US Special Ops soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2016, 10:17:01 AM »
Quote from: txradioguy on January 05, 2016, 10:12:11 AM
Par for the course.  The Taliban see a red cross on a helicopter and they just think it's an aiming point.

We're the only ones who seem to want to play by a rule book in this fight.

Hell, I'm not even sure that the Russians would let a medevac helicopter go through.
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Re: US Special Ops soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2016, 09:19:50 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 05, 2016, 10:06:32 AM
They fired at a medivac helicopter? WTF?

That is really low!  :mad:
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Re: US Special Ops soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2016, 07:14:11 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 05, 2016, 10:06:32 AM
They fired at a medivac helicopter? WTF?

The helicopter that was damaged was an HH-60 Pave Hawk, which is generally used by the USAF for their PJs. While they are medically trained, the helicopters themselves are not true medevac birds, as they carry M240s.
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