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Operation Red Wings took the lives of 19 military service members on June 28, 2005.
On that day, deep behind enemy lines east of Asadabad, a four-man Navy SEAL team was conducting a reconnaissance mission at an unforgiving altitude of 10,000 feet.
The mission began in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan.
During the mission, an attack MH-47 Chinook, with eight additional Navy SEALs and eight Army Nightstalkers, was hit by an RPG, killing everyone onboard.
This was the worst single day in the U.S. Force death toll since Operation Enduring Freedom began almost six years earlier. It was also the single largest loss of life in the Navy Special Warfare since World War II.
Operation Red Wings would eventually go on to inspire the blockbuster movie, Lone Survivor.
murphfoundation.org
On that day, deep behind enemy lines east of Asadabad, a four-man Navy SEAL team was conducting a reconnaissance mission at an unforgiving altitude of 10,000 feet.
The mission began in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan.
During the mission, an attack MH-47 Chinook, with eight additional Navy SEALs and eight Army Nightstalkers, was hit by an RPG, killing everyone onboard.
This was the worst single day in the U.S. Force death toll since Operation Enduring Freedom began almost six years earlier. It was also the single largest loss of life in the Navy Special Warfare since World War II.
Operation Red Wings would eventually go on to inspire the blockbuster movie, Lone Survivor.
Operation Red Wings - Murph Foundation
SUMMARY OF ACTION Operation Red Wings June 28, 2005 On June 28, 2005, deep behind enemy lines east of Asadabad in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan, a very committed four-man Navy SEAL team was conducting a reconnaissance mission at the unforgiving altitude of approximately 10,000 feet. The SEALs...
murphfoundation.org