Indeed, the Chinook saw some of its most intense operations, doing real yeoman’s work, in the mountains of Afghanistan during America’s twenty-year-long conflict there following the terrorist ...

On the single deadliest day in the 10-year war in Afghanistan, 30 American servicemen lost their lives when their Chinook helicopter was shot down. Click the thumbnails to learn more about the ...

The aircraft has excelled in high altitude operations as conducted in combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan ... survivability equipment. With Chinook fleet growth, the 160th SOAR will add ...

The Chinook is an incredibly versatile aircraft capable of transporting up to 40 men or 10 tons of cargo and is providing vital support to frontline forces in Afghanistan. The new Chinook Mark 6 ...

Lone survivor. Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on June 28, 2005. Deep behind enemy lines a four-man Navy SEAL team was conducting a recon mission at an unforgiving 10,000-foot altitude. Marcus Luttrell, ...

In a museum in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif, alongside antique Korans and ancient Afghan coins, visitors can witness rocket launchers and homemade bombs, serving as artefacts commemorating the ...

A rocket attack against ... look at life on Kandahar Airbase Afghanistan the RAF Hercules crew goes on a mission to drop an engine off to a stranded Chinook in the middle of the desert, then ...