Iraq fire downed US helicopters
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Four US helicopters lost in Iraq recently were hit by ground fire, the US military admits for the first time.
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BAGHDAD -- US commanders have acknowledged that their helicopters fired seven rockets and 30 high-caliber machine-gun rounds onto a crowded Baghdad street earlier this week during a battle that killed 16 Iraqis and sparked a heated debate about how civilians often become the victims of US firepower.
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A midday rocket attack on a US military base in northern Iraq killed more than 20 people and wounded another 57, US military and civilian officials said Tuesday.
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BAGHDAD - Two US soldiers were killed and four were wounded late Thursday when an airborne helicopter struck one on the ground at an airfield in the northern city of Mosul, military officials said.
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A militant group in Iraq has posted a video that shows what it says is an American helicopter being shot down.
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Predawn explosions yesterday ripped through five empty Christian churches in the Iraqi capital, which by nightfall also was the scene of the crashes of two US helicopters, which killed two soldiers and wounded two others.
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BAGHDAD, March 3 -- Several al-Qaeda in Iraq insurgents who had targeted U.S. helicopters were killed in an airstrike north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Saturday. A second strike killed members of another al-Qaeda cell that has orchestrated car bombings.
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A helicopter which crash-landed north near Baghdad was shot down, the military says.
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US forces are reportedly coming under sustained fire in Fallujah as two American military helicopters were forced to land near the city while their crews were rescued.
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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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US helicopters drop supplies into remote parts of Aceh province in Indonesia ravaged by last Sunday's tsunami.
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A US Army helicopter was shot down Friday north of Baghdad, and its three crew members were wounded, the US military said. The UH-60 Black Hawk was hit by anti-aircraft fire in Taji, 12 miles north of the capital, the military said.
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BAGHDAD-A U.S. helicopter gunship fired at Iraqis milling around a burning U.S. vehicle in a Baghdad street yesterday, one of Iraq's bloodiest days for weeks in which more than 100 people died in clashes around ...
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A transport helicopter that crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven on board was brought down by a "sophisticated piece of weaponry", the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
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A U.S. Marine helicopter that crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven aboard was caused by enemy fire, The U.S. military said on Wednesday, making it at least the fifth such aircraft to be shot down in three weeks.
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A U.S. Marine transport helicopter  crashed early on Wednesday in western Iraq, the U.S. military  said in a statement.
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A U.S. helicopter gunship fired at  Iraqis milling around a burning U.S. vehicle in a Baghdad  street Sunday during fierce battles in which witnesses and  officials said 13 people had been killed and 61 wounded.