A Helicopter Mission During the Invasion of Iraq

April 24, 2019 00:30:18
A Helicopter Mission During the Invasion of Iraq
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A Helicopter Mission During the Invasion of Iraq

Apr 24 2019 | 00:30:18

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Show Notes

Col. Phil Ryan is an Army aviator who has spent much of his career in the Army's most elite, special operations aviation units. In 2003, in the first days of the invasion of Iraq, he was a pilot in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, part of a fourteen-helicopter mission deeper into the country than any coalition forces had yet made it. When enemy forces on the objective engaged the helicopters, an intense fight broke out. Listen to Col. Ryan tell the story of that mission.

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