There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies The US military has lost at least 33 helicopters since the war began in March 2003, according to the Brookings Institution.
31 Marines killed in Iraq helicopter crash. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post In addition, insurgents kill six other troops. Families of San Diego-based Marines killed in helicopter crash sue aircraft-part makers In this December 2017 photo, Marines arrive in a CH-53E Super Stallion. The most insightful comments on all subjects
A Pentagon source said the helicopter was a CH-53 Sea Stallion, which normally carries 37 passengers, but can take up to 55. Photograph: Charles Whitehouse/APUS CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters of the type that crashed in Iraq today. Of the dead, 31 were aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter that crashed during the pre-dawn hours in western Iraq. In Baquba, also in the north, at least one policeman was killed when gunmen attacked the local offices of three political parties contesting in the upcoming vote.
There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Please * The US military confirmed that four US Marines had been killed in combat in western Iraq.
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{{#replies}} There was no immediate confirmation whether it was an accident or the helicopter had been shot down.It represents the largest single loss of life for the US since the start of the conflict.A Pentagon source said the helicopter was a CH-53 Sea Stallion, which is normally configured to carry 37 passengers, but can take up to 55.The helicopter went down near the town of Rutbah, about 220 miles west of Baghdad, while conducting security operations, the military said in a statement. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss
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U.S. military transport helicopter crashes in bad weather in Iraq's western desert, killing 31 Marines. they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Email already exists. Also in western Iraq, the military says four Marines were killed in action today in al-Anbar province. the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. try again, the name must be uniquePlease A total of 31 people were killed when a US Marine helicopter transporting troops to western Iraq crashed today in the western desert. a military statement said.Enter your email to follow new comments on this article.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? "Obviously, any time we lose life, it is a sad moment," he said. At least 20 of them were brought down by hostile fire, the institution said.The deadliest single incident involving US troops so far took place in November 2003, when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul after colliding while trying to avoid ground fire, killing 17 US soldiers and wounding five.Earlier that month a Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile near Fallujah, killing 16 American soldiers and wounding 26.Last month, a suicide bomb exploded at a mess tent in a base near Mosul, killing 22 people including 14 US soldiers and three American contractors. * The US military confirmed that four US Marines had been killed in combat in western Iraq. will be published daily in dedicated articles.
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The aircraft was transporting personnel from the 1st Marine Division.A search and rescue team has reached the site and an investigation into what caused the crash is underway, the military said.The US military has lost at least 33 helicopters since the March 2003 start of the Iraq conflict, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. There was no immediate confirmation whether it was an accident or the helicopter had been shot down.It represents the largest single loss of life for the US since the start of the conflict.A Pentagon source said the helicopter was a CH-53 Sea Stallion, which is normally configured to carry 37 passengers, but can take up to 55.The helicopter went down near the town of Rutbah, about 220 miles west of Baghdad, while conducting security operations, the military said in a statement.