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August 10: A British RAF CH-47D Chinook crashed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. "The helicopter due to technical problems crashed in Gereshk district at 04:00 a.m. local time, as a result one soldier sustained injury and died," spokesman for provincial administration Daud Ahmadi told Xinhua.
Thus, a total of 2,402 United States servicemen were killed in the war in Afghanistan. [1] The website iCasualties.org lists 2,455 servicemembers and 10 CIA operatives as having died in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom's Sentinel, including 49 who died in support of other OEF operations. This gives a total of 2,406 deaths of ...
Of the 35 Spanish deaths, 17 died in August 2005 when the Eurocopter Cougar helicopter they were travelling in crashed, 13 were killed in separate attacks by insurgents, two died from natural causes, and two died in vehicle accidents. Another 62 died in a 2003 Yak-42 plane crash in Turkey on their way back to Spain from Afghanistan. [153]
The Afghan Commando Forces (Persian: نیروهای کماندوی افغانستان, Pashto: افغان کمانډو لړۍ) were the former combined commando, paratrooper and special formations of the Afghan Army, composed of numerous brigades, regiments and battalions initially established by King Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1964 and disbanded in 1992 by President Mohammad Najibullah, following ...
Battle: It began with the uprising of Taliban prisoners held at Qala-i-Jangi fortress and escalated into one of the bloodiest engagements of the war in Afghanistan Battle of Takur Ghar: 4 March 2002: 5 March 2002: The peak of Takur Ghar: Battle: A helicopter caring a SEAL team went down and began receiving fire from hostile forces Battle of ...
3rd Kandak (Battalion), 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps (Afghan) U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrol the fields in Aftermath. OTHER SUPPORTING UNITS. Combat Logistics Battalion 6 CLR2; 451st Air Expeditionary Wing (US) 904 Expeditionary Air Wing (UK) [101] Canadian Helicopter Force - Afghanistan
This is the first rotation to Afghanistan for one of the U.S. Army's new Stryker brigades and includes the following units: 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment; 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment—Forward Operating Base Wolverine, Zabul province [5] 3rd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment (3-17th ...
The repatriation ceremony held for Private Sher on 7 January 2009. Operation Slipper included the first Australian combat deaths since the Vietnam War, and to date all casualties have occurred during operations in Afghanistan. 41 Australian soldiers have been killed (34 as a result of enemy action) and 261 wounded (including two sailors and one airman), the majority since October 2007.