Obama 'Put a Target on Their Backs', SEAL Team 6 Family …
WEBMay 9, 2013 · The families of some of the 17 SEAL Team 6 commandos who were killed in an ambush in Afghanistan during a helicopter flight to help Army Rangers pinned down by Taliban gunmen accused the...
The Costliest Day in SEAL Team Six History
WEBJan 17, 2017 · The attack on August 6 was the most devastating day in SEAL Team Six history, as well as the single largest loss of life for U.S. forces since the war in Afghanistan began in October 2001.
SEAL Team 6, Extortion 17 and what really happened on America…
WEBOct 26, 2017 · Their target was a Taliban commander responsible for ambushes and other attacks against U.S. and Afghan forces. Missions like this one to insert or remove an assault force are the military equivalent of a perfect 10 in the Olympics — equal parts skill, experience and daring.
Extortion 17, Seal Team Six and What Really Happened on the ... - Newsweek
WEBAug 31, 2017 · At 2:38 a.m. on August 6, 2011, a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, entered the western opening of Afghanistan's restive Tangi Valley, flying alone.
SEAL Team 6 and what really happened on America's deadliest …
WEBOct 25, 2017 · Six weeks later, at around 10:40 p.m., an assault team of Army Rangers and Afghan special operations forces were dropped into an LZ on a mission to capture or kill a Taliban commander named...
2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown - Wikipedia
WEBThe resulting crash killed all 38 people and a military working dog on board including 17 US Navy SEALs, two United States Air Force Pararescue, one United States Air Force Combat Control Team member, one pilot and two crewmen of the United States Army Reserve, one pilot and one crewman of the United States Army National Guard, seven members of ...
The betrayal of Navy SEAL Team 6 - Spec Ops Magazine
WEBOn August 6, 2011, Taliban fighter shot down from the sky a Chinook helicopter with 38 persons on board, including 22 members of elite U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6. They were deployed to action in the Tangi River Valley of Afghanistan when a chopper ( call sign Extortion 17 ) suddenly was shot down. 22 U.S. Navy SEALs, 9 …
Extortion 17: The deadliest day in the DEVGRU history - Spec Ops …
WEBJul 26, 2016 · The crash killed all 38 people on board — including 25 American special operations personnel, five United States Army National Guard and Army Reserve crewmen, seven Afghan commandos, one Afghan interpreter, and a U.S. military working dog.
SEAL Team 6 members among 38 killed in Afghanistan
WEBAug 6, 2011 · SEAL Team 6 members among 38 killed in Afghanistan. By Laura King, Ken Dilanian and David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times. Aug. 6, 2011 12 AM PT. Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and...
30 US troops died in single deadliest incident of the Afghanistan …
WEBAug 6, 2021 · Extortion 17 was attached to a mission to capture or kill a senior Taliban leader, Qari Tahir, near Kabul, Afghanistan. Among the American passengers, 17 were U.S. Navy SEALs, including 15 Special Warfare Development Group, also …