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Marine chopper crashed in Iraq: it was a CH-53E Super Stallion

Baghdad, Iraq - USA casualties in the was are increasing more and more

New confirms about the fatal incident which killed 31 American soldiers yesterday (see for detail AVIONEWS): the crashed helicopter was a CH-53E Super Stallion, a modern version of the RH-53D which US President, Jimmy Carter, sent to Iran in April 1980 to rescue 52 Americans held hostage at the Embassy in Tehran: the mission went wrong and failed. CH-53E is configured to carry 37 passengers, but it...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 112959
Rome, Italy, 01/27/2005 12:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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