Thursday, August 6, 2026, marks the 15th anniversary of Extortion 17—the single greatest loss of American military life in one incident during the entire Afghanistan War. On that dark night in 2011, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was shot down in Afghanistan’s Tangi Valley. All 30 Americans aboard perished, along with a military working dog. Among the dead ...
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