UH-60 HELICOPTER HIT WITH RPG, DOWNED [CENTCOM re. yesterday's hit]

CENTCOM ^ | Oct. 26, 2003

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

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October 26, 2003
Release Number: 03-10-02


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


UH-60 HELICOPTER HIT WITH RPG, DOWNED

BAGHDAD, Iraq - On 25 Oct, at approximately 4 p.m., one of two UH-60 “Black Hawk” helicopters assigned to the 3-158th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade, while performing a reconnaissance mission in the vicinity of Tikrit, was hit in one of its engines by a rocket propelled grenade.

The crew was able to perform a controlled emergency landing. However, once on the ground the helicopter caught fire and was destroyed. All five members of the crew were able to exit the aircraft and move to safety. One of the crew suffered minor leg injuries due to shrapnel. The second UH-60 landed and picked up the crew and flew them to an aid station. The wounded soldier was treated and returned to duty.

Two AH-64D Apache helicopters in the area were given the location where the engagement took place. Upon their arrival, they observed two vehicles appearing to flee the area. The vehicles were forced to stop, and 1-22d Infantry personnel took an unknown number of suspects into custody.

The remainder of the downed aircraft was removed by elements of the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division.

[dts32041]

A little different than 93, eh.

[mystery-ak]

12TH AVN Brigade.....damn!

[Dog]

Cool they caught the bad guys..

[Dog]

Have you heard from Mike??

[boxerblues]

I just saw your tagline...woohoo!! we better not see any posts from you in that 2 week period

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Whoo hoo! CENTCOM back with a security report.

The crew was able to perform a controlled emergency landing. However, once on the ground the helicopter caught fire and was destroyed. All five members of the crew were able to exit the aircraft and move to safety. One of the crew suffered minor leg injuries due to shrapnel. The second UH-60 landed and picked up the crew and flew them to an aid station. The wounded soldier was treated and returned to duty.

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Helicopter hit by enemy fire, catches on fire, crew rescued - ALL back on duty! GOOD news re. the condition of our heroes.

Bad guys caught!

Awesome.

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[mystery-ak]

Not for several days...I had a quick talk Thurs, but we had such a bad connection, we had to hang up......Mike is assigned to the 12th and their HQrs are in Balad with Mike.....Mike will have the scoop on this, I bet.

[Dog]

Come on Rags...on three.....Quagmire.....Quagmire!

[mystery-ak]

Let's see...Mike or FR....HMMMMMM?

[boxerblues]

lol FR is hard to quit cold turkey

[mystery-ak]

Hats off to the Blackhawk pilot for getting that chopper down...not a easy feat.

[mystery-ak]

I'll have to sneak on to FR....he's gotta sleep sometime..LOL.....I've got yardwork for him to do, yeah, that's the ticket.

[boxerblues]

Give him a big hug from all of us and enjoy your time together, you've both earned it

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Nan., they're ALL o.k., back on duty...and they caught suspects in the area. Heroic effort.

Prayers, too, I think. A friend of the wounded pilot put up a thread. I'm searching for it now.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Lol! Not gonna happen. A little quagmire is not a bad thing. Only the left can't handle the messiness of change and seeks to install some overseer - a Castro, or Hussein - to silence those annoying cries of freedom.

(^;

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Amen. The pilots are going to have some story to tell.

Whoo hoo, your tag line - Big Time!!!

[niteowl77]

12TH AVN Brigade.....damn!

On the positive side, there will be two vehicles' worth of garbage that won't be shooting at 12th AVN helicopters for a while.

I sincerely hope that these perps have a really, really crappy Ramadan.

[mystery-ak]

My only complaint is that they took them into custody...ya know what I mean?.....Chinooks are bigger targets...Im surprised we haven't lost any of ours

[windchime]

Bump!