Apache Attack

By Jamie McIntyre Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 3:38 pm
Posted in Video Archive

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Combined Joint Task Force-82 video of an air weapons team engaging and killing insurgents when responding to the insurgents’ complex attack on a small patrol base in Paktia province May 27. The video shows 14 insurgents carrying automatic rifles, rocket propelled grenades and a mortar round fleeing the scene after they attacked the outpost with indirect fire, rocket propelled grenades and smalls arms fire.
The pilot of an Apache AH64 helicopter is heard verbally checking to make sure the militants are far enough away from any qalats, or Afghan homes, so that shooting the militants will not endanger any civilians.

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unemployed vet December 30th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Well, the video would probably be interesting to see, but here on Bagram, the network sucks. But, it is good that the bad guys got taken out because we are rushing to close Gitmo, and this keeps them from being shipped to a detention facility…presumeably first in Illinois. Congrats on your 3,000 new jobs though, Illinios. $150.000,000 is worth the chance of having some of the worst terrorists in the world there, right?

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