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    2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown - Wikipedia

    • 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 a Quick 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, Afghani… 展开

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    In March 2009, the U.S. 10th Mountain Division established a base in Tangi Valley after increased Taliban activity i… 展开

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    After American intelligence services discovered in 2011 that senior Taliban leader Qari Tahir was possibly in Tangi Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, local American forces launched a mission to apprehend or kil… 展开

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    Casualties from the event included:
    • 15 United States Navy SEALs and one Military Working Dog handler from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group's Gold Squadron
    • 2 U.S. Navy SEALs from Naval Special Warfare … 展开

    Deadliest Day in Spec Ops History: The Extortion-17 Chinook Crash
    The Chinook was carrying a quick-reaction force to provide back-up to troops on the ground in the eastern Afghan province of Wardak when a Taliban insurgent hit the helo with an u…
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