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In the video on the morning of July 12, 2007, the crews of two United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopters observe a gathering of men near a section of Baghdad in the path of advancing U.S. ground troops. [18] [23] The crew estimates the group is twenty men. [24] Among the group are two journalists working for Reuters, Namir Noor-Eldeen and ...
English: Video footage taken from the gun camera of a US Apache helicopter on active duty in Iraq and showing the killing of people whom the U.S. military regarded as suspected Iraqi insurgents. Originally shown on ABC TV on January 9, 2004.
Original - Video footage taken from the gun camera of a US Apache helicopter on active duty in Iraq and showing the killing of people whom the U.S. military regarded as Iraqi insurgents. Originally shown on ABC TV on January 9, 2004. Reason It's a difficult decision to nominate a recent video where people die, particularly of an ongoing war.
The US military sent two Apache attack helicopters to fly over the American Embassy in Baghdad on December 31 after it was besieged by pro-militia protesters, who attacked portions of the compound ...
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 ...
The defeat for the Americans resulted in one AH-64 Apache being shot down intact. The two pilots were captured and shown on television along with the helicopter. [5] Pentagon officials stated the captured Apache was destroyed via airstrike the following day, [6] [7] Iraqi officials claimed a farmer with a Brno rifle shot down the Apache. After ...
The Dutch government initially showed an interest in acquiring Apache helicopters in the late 1980s, when it stated that it may purchase as many as 52. [198] A competition held in 1994 against the Eurocopter Tiger and the Bell AH-1 SuperCobra led to the Royal Netherlands Air Force ordering 30 AH-64D Apaches in 1995.
After two AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes this month, the Army National Guard's director has mandated that all helicopter units stand down to “review safety policies and procedures.”