boeing ch-47d chinook (84-24175)

BOEING CH-47D CHINOOK (REGISTRATION : 84-24175)
BOEING CH-47D CHINOOK (REGISTRATION : 84-24175)
On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting an Immediate Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board – 23 US Navy SEALs, 2 United States Air Force Pararescue, 1 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 the Afghan National Security Forces, and one Afghan interpreter, as well as a U.S. military working dog. At 31 U.S. military personnel killed, the shoot down of Extortion 17 represents the greatest single-incident loss of U.S. lives in Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan, surpassing the sixteen lost in the downing of Turbine 33, a 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) MH-47, during Operation Red Wings on 28 June 2005.
  1. SEALS Langlais, Louis J.

    SURNAME Langlais FORENAME Louis J. UNIT U.S.N. Seal Team 6 RANK Navy Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 6th August 2011 AGE 44 GRAVESITE Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. Section 60, site 9936...
  2. SEALS Kelsall, Jonas Benton

    SURNAME Kelsall FORENAME Jonas Benton UNIT U.S.N. Seal Team 6 RANK Lieutenant Commander NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 6th August 2011 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. Section 60, site 9937 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from...
  3. AIR COMMANDO 2 Zerbe, Daniel Lee

    SURNAME Zerbe FORENAME Daniel Lee UNIT 24 Special Tactics Squadron RANK Technical Sergeant NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 6th August 2011 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 60, Site 9940 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 27.06.1983...
  4. AIR COMMANDO 2 Harvell, Andrew W.

    SURNAME Harvell FORENAME Andrew W. UNIT 24 Special Tactics Squadron RANK Staff Sergeant NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 6th August 2011 AGE 26 GRAVESITE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Long Beach,California husband of Mrs Harvell,North Carolina (2 children) brother of Sean...
  5. AIR COMMANDO 2 Brown, John W.

    SURNAME Brown FORENAME John W. UNIT 24 Special Tactics Squadron RANK Technical Sergeant NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 6th August 2011 AGE 33 GRAVESITE Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Tallahassee,Florida son of Elizabeth Newlun grew up Siloam...
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