Posted on 01/29/2017 11:57:13 AM PST by BenLurkin
The U.S. Central Command said in a statement Sunday that another service member was injured in a "hard landing" in a nearby location. An MV-22 Osprey aircraft used in the raid was unable to fly afterward and "was then intentionally destroyed in place."
"Americans are saddened this morning with news that a life of a heroic service member has been taken in our fight against the evil of radical Islamic terrorism," President Trump said in a statement. "The sacrifices made by the men and women of our armed forces, and the families they leave behind, are the backbone of the liberty we hold so dear as Americans, united in our pursuit of a safer nation and a freer world."
A total of 14 fighters from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were killed in the assault, and U.S. service members captured "information that will likely provide insight into the planning of future terror plots," according to the military.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our elite servicemembers,” Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. Joseph Votel said in a statement. “The sacrifices are very profound in our fight against terrorists who threaten innocent peoples across the globe.”
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No shame at all, proportionally, far fewer have died in the UH 1 than in the Osprey. The UH1 has been in service for 60 years, the V22 far fewer. I’m not a Marine and I didnt coin the phrase, Flying Coffin. Talk to the grunts who have to fly in it. Or the crews. And facing the facts causes no shame whatsoever. The shame comes from those who want to keep it going knowing full well it is a death trap.
A “great aircraft” at what cost? Tell the families of the dead to “get over it.”
I wonder how hard the landing was to disable the Osprey??? Hopefully they learn which hyd lines crapped the bed and they can reenforce them in the fleet.
Hyd lines always seem to be the long pole in the tent when falling like a turd off a tall moose. Many regions are at high altitude there. Maybe the osprey was chosen because of the inability for helos to get up high?
Probably lots of lessoned learned on this mission.
RIP.
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