US CH-47 Chinook shot down by Mujahidin (Aftermath)

On 6 August 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter was shot down while taking part in a night raid on a village in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, killing all 38 people on board—30 American special operations personnel, seven Afghan commandos, and one Afghan interpreter—as well as a U.S. military dog.