In war, the enemy gets a vote. Once in a while he'll succeed. Hell, the French took a regimental standard from the Germans in 1871 - just before France had to surrender.
The Tallie’s predecessors chased the Reds out of A’stan by shooting down choppers.Choppers much more formidable than the CH47. The VC at Ap Bac in Jan 63 learned to shoot down HUEYs and changed the war they had been losing to the ARVN.The fact that this has been a rare event in our war in A’stan doesn’t mean that it should be looked at as a conspitatorial occurence. It’s war.