US helicopters crash in Baghdad
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BAGHDAD - Two US army helicopters crashed in southwest Baghdad late Saturday, killing two soldiers and injuring two others, the US military said.
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Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter south of Baghdad, and the two pilots were rescued with minor injuries, the military said Tuesday. The OH-58D Kiowa Attack helicopter was brougt down by ground fire on Monday. After an Apache helicopter rescued the two pilots, a U.S. warplane dropped two 500-pound, laser-guided bombs on the downed craft to destroy it, the military said in a statement.
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BAGHDAD -- A military helicopter crashed during a sandstorm in western Iraq yesterday, killing 30 US Marines and a sailor, while insurgents killed six more American troops in the single deadliest day for the United States since the war began nearly two years ago.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  -- A Sea Knight helicopter that crashed last week northwest of Baghdad was shot down, the U.S. military said Wednesday, reversing earlier statements that it appeared to have been due to mechanical failure.
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Thirty-one U.S. troops died in a  helicopter crash in Iraq and six more were killed in insurgent  attacks on the deadliest day for American forces since they  invaded the country 22 months ago.
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A U.S. Marine helicopter crashed Wednesday in western Iraq, the U.S. military said. There was no immediate word on casualties.
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A coalition helicopter crashes in Afghanistan after reporting engine failure, the US-led coalition says.
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A U.S. Marine transport helicopter crashed in flames Wednesday in a field northwest of Baghdad, killing all seven people aboard, the U.S. military said. It was the sixth U.S. aircraft reported lost in less than three weeks and the latest sign of growing problems with aviation in Iraq.
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A US helicopter which crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven marines aboard was shot down, US officials say.
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BAGHDAD - Explosions hit five churches in Baghdad, and two US Army helicopters crashed elsewhere in the capital, killing two American soldiers and wounding two others, as violence flared while Iraqi Muslims began marking the holy month of Ramadan.
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All seven U.S. troops aboard a military helicopter were killed when the aircraft crashed northwest of Baghdad on Wednesday, according to an initial military report, a U.S. defense official said.
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A helicopter from the U.S.-led coalition force in Afghanistan crashed on Sunday after reporting engine failure, the coalition said, but it did not say if there were any casualties.
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A U.S. attack helicopter crashed on a training mission in southern Germany, killing two American soldiers, the U.S. military said Wednesday. The AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter crashed Tuesday night at the Grafenwoehr Training Area during aerial gunnery exercises, Army Maj. Wayne Marotto said.
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A US helicopter gunship has fired at Iraqis milling around a burning US vehicle in a Baghdad street during fierce battles in which witnesses and officials say 13 people were killed and 61 wounded.
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BAGHDAD, July 4 -- As U.S. troops in some bases marked the July 4 holiday, two Americans were reported killed in separate incidents, one when a helicopter "went down" in Nineveh province north of Baghdad and the second during combat operations in southern Baghdad.
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A U.S. military transport helicopter crashed near Baghdad on Wednesday, the fifth such aircraft lost in Iraq in three weeks, an army spokesman said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Explosions hit five churches in Baghdad, and two U.S. Army helicopters crashed elsewhere in the capital, killing two American soldiers and wounding two others, as violence flared while Iraqi Muslims began marking the holy month of Ramadan...