The resulting crash killed all 38 people and a military working dog on board including 17 US Navy SEALs, two United States Air Force Pararescue, one United States Air Force Combat Control Team member, one pilot and two crewmen of the United States Army Reserve, one pilot and one crewman of the United States Army National Guard, seven members of ...

Aug 6, 2014 · On this date in 2011, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed, call sign Extortion-17, killing 38 personnel on board. Among the casualties were 30 Americans, including 17 Navy SEALs. Bart, a military...

Jan 17, 2017 · On August 6, 2011, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter in Afghanistan, killing all 38 people on board, including 15 Navy SEALS from Team Six’s Gold Squadron.

Aug 6, 2011 · KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al-Qaida...

Jul 26, 2016 · The helicopter crashed less than 5 seconds later, killing all 38 people on board. Some 30 seconds later, one of the AH-64 Apache helicopters in the area reported: “ Fallen Angel.” The crash is referred to as Extortion 17 by the callsign of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter involved in the crash.

Aug. 6, 2011 -- A helicopter was shot down today by Afghan insurgents as it was rushing to aid troops in a firefight, killing 30 Americans, including 22 Navy SEALs, most of whom belonged to Team 6, the unit whose members were involved in the …

Aug 6, 2011 · KABUL, Afghanistan — A military helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. special operation troops — most of whom were Navy SEALs from “Team Six,” the unit that carried out...

Aug 11, 2011 · Thirty Americans - 22 of them SEALS - and eight Afghans were killed Saturday when a rocket-propelled grenade fired by a Taliban insurgent downed their Chinook helicopter en route to a combat...

On this day 13 years ago, 30 American military servicemen and a U.S. military dog were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter–call sign Extortion 17–was shot down in Afghanistan. This remains the greatest single loss of life to Naval Special Warfare since the Afghan War started in 2001. The Museum Executive Team worked with these men.

Aug 12, 2022 · When the Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter was hit, all 38 onboard were instantly killed. Prior to the mission, the deadliest incident was June 2005’s Operation Red Wings, which resulted in the deaths of eight US Navy SEALs and eight US …