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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 2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash refers to an aviation accident which occurred on January 26, 2005 when a United States Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed [2] while ferrying U.S. military personnel in the Al-Anbar province of western Iraq, near the town of Ar-Rutbah.
A US senator and combat veteran who lost both of her legs in a helicopter crash in Iraq has slammed Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense for his stance on women in combat roles.
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) -A U.S.-led coalition military helicopter crashed while attempting an emergency landing during a training mission in northern Iraq on Thursday, the coalition said in a ...
The F-15 pilots fired on and destroyed both helicopters, killing all 26 military and civilians aboard, including personnel from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Turkey, and the Kurdish community. A subsequent USAF investigation blamed the accident on several factors. The F-15 pilots were faulted for misidentifying the helicopters as ...
A U.S. military helicopter crashed in Iraq on Thursday with seven people on board, with fatalities described as "likely," according to U.S. officials.
Christopher Tripp Zanetis, a New York firefighter and member of the New York Air National Guard, was one of seven U.S. soldiers killed in a helicopter crash near the Syrian border.
American Apache helicopters located the crash site 45 minutes after the distress call, [1] which was located 25 miles (40 km) north west of Baghdad. [6] As the site was in a hostile area, the priority was for the recovery of the passengers and crew, personal effects and classified material.