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NATO: 2 killed, 10 wounded in helicopter explosion (AP)

October 12th, 2010

US soldier Sergeant Bill Myers, from Phoenix, Arizona, from Bravo Company 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to patrol after a break near Forward Operation Base Howz-e-Madad, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - NATO says two people have been killed and 10 others injured in an explosion aboard a coalition helicopter just after it landed in eastern Afghanistan.


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Afghanistan helicopter crash kills 9 NATO troops (AP)

September 21st, 2010

British soldiers walk towards a military helicopter during a patrol of Afghanistan's Helmand province in March 2010. British forces transferred control of security for Sangin district in southern Afghanistan to US troops, the defence ministry said on Monday.(AFP/Pool/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - A helicopter carrying international troops crashed in a rugged section of southern Afghanistan, killing nine service members in the deadliest such incident in four years for coalition forces.


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9 NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash (AP)

September 21st, 2010

British soldiers walk towards a military helicopter during a patrol of Afghanistan's Helmand province in March 2010. British forces transferred control of security for Sangin district in southern Afghanistan to US troops, the defence ministry said on Monday.(AFP/Pool/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - A NATO helicopter crashed Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, killing nine international troops in a region where forces are ramping up pressure on Taliban insurgents. It was the deadliest chopper…

NATO says 9 troops killed in helicopter crash (AP)

September 21st, 2010

British soldiers walk towards a military helicopter during a patrol of Afghanistan's Helmand province in March 2010. British forces transferred control of security for Sangin district in southern Afghanistan to US troops, the defence ministry said on Monday.(AFP/Pool/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - A helicopter carrying international troops crashed Tuesday, killing nine service members in southern Afghanistan where troops are ramping up pressure on Taliban insurgents.


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Russian pilot missing in Darfur copter incident (AP)

July 27th, 2010

AP - A Russian-owned helicopter that landed in the wrong place in Darfur has been recovered with all the passengers and crew except the Russian pilot, the top international envoy in…

NATO says 4 troops die in Afghan helicopter crash (AP)

June 21st, 2010

US soldiers wait to board helicopters in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Six NATO soldiers were killed in three separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, where the US-led alliance is mounting an ambitious campaign to flush out Taliban militants, the military said.(AFP/Pool/File/Kamal Kishore)AP - A military helicopter crashed during an early morning operation in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing three Australian commandoes and an American service member, officials said.


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NATO helicopter shot down in Afghanistan; 4 killed (AP)

June 9th, 2010

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to the media in London June 9, 2010. Gates voiced confidence on Wednesday that sufficient progress would be made in the war in Afghanistan to begin a transition of greater authority to Afghan forces in parts of the country by sometime this winter. REUTERS/Carolyn Kaster/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS)AP - NATO says a helicopter has been shot down in southern Afghanistan and four troops have been killed.


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Spanish helicopter crashes in Haiti, 4 killed (AP)

April 16th, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF LOCATION ** A member of Spain's Civil Guard and a soldier carry the remains of a Spanish soldier who died in a helicopter crash in Fond Verrettes in eastern Haiti, Friday, April 16, 2010.  Four soldiers died in the crash of a Spanish military helicopter Friday in the mountains of eastern Haiti, according to the UN.  The soldiers were part of Spain's effort to help in Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following the Jan. 12 earthquake.  (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Four soldiers died in the fiery crash of a Spanish military helicopter Friday in the rugged mountains of eastern Haiti, the United Nations said.


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NATO helicopter downed in southeastern Afghanistan (AP)

April 9th, 2010

Map locates Zabul province in Afghanistan where a NATO helicopter crashedAP - A helicopter belonging to international forces in Afghanistan has gone down in the country’s southeast, NATO reported Friday. Taliban and Afghan officials said militants shot it down.


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