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September 21: A US Army UH-60 Blackhawk crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing 9 US soldiers. Cause of the crash was unknown but the Taliban have claimed to have shot it down. The helicopter was taking part of a Special Operations mission. One Afghan Army soldier and one US civilian were wounded. [112]
He was killed in the crash of a US UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on 21 June 2010, during operations in the Shah Wali Kot. [18] Benjamin Chuck, 27, a private in the 2nd Commando Regiment, serving with SOTG. He subsequently died of his injuries following the crash of a US UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on 21 June 2010, during operations in the Shah Wali ...
On 1 September 2021, the Taliban flew a Black Hawk displaying the flag of the Taliban over Kabul. [53] The top leadership of the Taliban announced their intentions to rebuild the Air Force. [54] They have also encouraged US-trained Afghan pilots to return to Afghanistan. However, only a few pilots have returned since the Taliban takeover. [16]
A U.S. military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, a Taliban spokesman and Afghan journalist affiliated with the militant group said.
A medevac flight consisting of two US UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, one medevac and a chase escort from Task Force 6-101st, attempted to land to evacuate wounded, but were prevented by Taliban fire. Two additional USAF combat search and rescue (CSAR) HH-60s arrived on-station to provide relief coverage to allow the medevac flight to return to base.
Two Taliban officials in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan said on Sunday that two passengers were killed in a plane crash involving a charter aircraft in the province but they said four ...
The Australians subsequently secured a compound and suppressed the Taliban forces that were attempting to outflank them, while the patrol's medic moved across 50 metres (55 yd) of open ground under heavy fire to render first aid to the injured soldier and evacuate him to area of relative safety.
(Reuters) -More than 200 members of Afghanistan's former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since the Taliban took over, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday ...