Special Ops Soldier killed in A-Stan firefight

From the articles...

“On the map there is one green dot representing friendly forces stuck in the compound, and around it is a sea of red [representing hostile forces],” the official told Fox News.
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An AC-130 gunship has been called in for air cover as the U.S. troops now wait out the night.

Earlier in the day, two USAF HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters were sent to rescue the U.S. special operations team. One of the helicopters took fire and waved off the mission and flew back to base.

The other helicopter’s blades struck the wall of the compound while attempting a rescue of the special operations team, according to defense officials who compared the scene to one similar to the helicopter crash inside Usama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on the mission to kill the Al Qaeda leader in May 2011.
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I hope to God that they have more on station than just one AC-130 and two HH-60s. This is something that should divert as much air power as needed to keep them alive and get them out of there (along with destroying the two downed birds and anything else sensitive).

Prayers Out!
 
compforce said:
From the articles...





I hope to God that they have more on station than just one AC-130 and two HH-60s. This is something that should divert as much air power as needed to keep them alive and get them out of there (along with destroying the two downed birds and anything else sensitive).

Prayers Out!
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I would assume the AC's are overlapping each other.
Get them through the night and then bring in A-10's (if they are there).
 
Thinking about this a little more, I really hope they have A-10's available and they load as much on them as they can and tank the piss out of them..

This battle may have long term implications for the AF vis a vis CAS and whether the F-16 can do an A-10 job or not.

I'll pray for our warriors tonight, and also pray that the Taliban have to pay a high cost in flesh.

Get 'r done!
 
DA SWO said:
they have A-10's available
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No more A-10's in country. The closest A-10's would have a 2000+ mile roundtrip. Besides anything AFSOC has, you're looking at Viper, maybe Bone, and various UAV's. Everything else is going towards Daesh.
 
Freefalling said:
No more A-10's in country. The closest A-10's would have a 2000+ mile roundtrip. Besides anything AFSOC has, you're looking at Viper, maybe Bone, and various UAV's. Everything else is going towards Daesh.
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Bad news then, of course CSAF will claim the F-16 CAS was as effective as A-10 CAS.
I hope the Non-USAF side bitches about less than effective Daylight CAS.
 

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