USAF HH-60 Down in Afghanistan: 6 Killed

Receiving virtually no coverage on TV due to the conflict in Iraq:

A U.S. Air Force helicopter crashed in Afghanistan Sunday, killing all six people on board, the U.S. military said.

The HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was on a medical evacuation mission when it crashed at about 11:20 a.m. EST, about 18 miles north of Ghazni, Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.

The helicopter was not shot down, the statement said.

The precise cause of the crash is under investigation.

The last Black Hawk helicopter crash was Jan.30 in Afghanistan, when an Army Black Hawk on a training mission crashed near the Bagram air base, killing four.

The Central Command statement did not say whether the medical emergency was in connection with Operation Valiant Strike, a mission involving members of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division in south-eastern Afghanistan.

That mission, which began earlier this month, is meant to root out remnants of the al-Qaida and Taliban believed to be operating in the area.
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Steve ~ Touchdown-News

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