7 killed as U.S. copter crashes in Afghanistan
A CH-47 was brought down by a rocket-propelled attack in southern Afghanistan earlier today. The team responding to the crash was ambushed and had to call in an airstrike to quell the situation. This is never easy to read, but to me it highlights the need for the Air Force to really take a look at it's choice for the CSAR-X helicopter that will replace the HH-60 Pavehawk. It seems to me a big lumbering thing like the Chinook is ill-prepared to execute effective rescue operations.
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