US Apache shot down

[mshoaib61]

13 Americans killed as Taliban claim shooting down US helicopter in Aghanistan
2010-04-26 16:10:00

At least 13 Americans were killed when a low flying US Apache helicopter was reportedly shot down by Taliban militants while flying over Afghanistan's Farah province.

The helicopter was hovering over Khak Safid district on Sunday morning, when it caught fire and fell on the desert of Nal, The Nation reports.

It is the second incident of a helicopter being shot down in two months. Earlier in February, an Apache helicopter was shot down near the airfield of Farah province.

Earlier this month, a Taliban spokesman had claimed responsibility of shooting down three NATO helicopters in Afghanistan's Zabol Province, Maidan Wardak and Kunduz.

The crashes had injured several NATO servicemen and three members of the Afghan security forces. (ANI)


13 Americans killed as Taliban claim shooting down US helicopter in Aghanistan

 

[gubbi]

This above is the Apache. I can only see two crew (inside) and one freeloader on the helo. Pray, do tell me, where is space for 10 more people in/on the helo?

What was the journalist thinking?

 

[mshoaib61]

The article didn't state that the AH-64 was carrying 13 soldiers. It simply put that an Apache was shot down and 13 Americans were killed in an attack by the Taliban...
Either that or the news sources are dumb as always in using correct call-signs for military equipment. And when they say "Apache" they really mean a UH-60 or some other type of transport helicaptor