enhanced_deficit
12-19-2013, 07:16 PM
Army: 5 of 6 killed in Afghan crash based in Kan.
By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press
Updated 3:32 pm, Thursday, December 19, 2013
http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/25/34/53/5622514/3/628x471.jpg In this Friday, March 8, 2013 photo, soldiers at Fort Riley, Kan., perform routine maintenance on a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. Five U.S. soldiers based at Fort Riley, Kan., and one based in Europe were killed in a helicopter crash this week in southern Afghanistan, Army officials said Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. The Army confirmed the soldiers died when their Black Hawk UH-60 went down Tuesday during a mission. One soldier survived the crash. Photo: John Milburn, AP
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Five U.S. soldiers based at Fort Riley, Kan., and one based in Europe were killed in a helicopter crash this week in southern Afghanistan, Army officials said Thursday.
The Army confirmed the soldiers died when their Black Hawk UH-60 went down Tuesday during a mission in Zabul. One soldier survived the crash.
The deaths make it one of the bloodiest casualty incidents in either the Iraq or Afghanistan wars.
Army: 5 of 6 killed in Afghan crash based in Kan. (http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Army-5-of-6-killed-in-Afghan-crash-based-in-Kan-5078952.php)
By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press
Updated 3:32 pm, Thursday, December 19, 2013
http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/25/34/53/5622514/3/628x471.jpg In this Friday, March 8, 2013 photo, soldiers at Fort Riley, Kan., perform routine maintenance on a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. Five U.S. soldiers based at Fort Riley, Kan., and one based in Europe were killed in a helicopter crash this week in southern Afghanistan, Army officials said Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. The Army confirmed the soldiers died when their Black Hawk UH-60 went down Tuesday during a mission. One soldier survived the crash. Photo: John Milburn, AP
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Five U.S. soldiers based at Fort Riley, Kan., and one based in Europe were killed in a helicopter crash this week in southern Afghanistan, Army officials said Thursday.
The Army confirmed the soldiers died when their Black Hawk UH-60 went down Tuesday during a mission in Zabul. One soldier survived the crash.
The deaths make it one of the bloodiest casualty incidents in either the Iraq or Afghanistan wars.
Army: 5 of 6 killed in Afghan crash based in Kan. (http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Army-5-of-6-killed-in-Afghan-crash-based-in-Kan-5078952.php)