Afghanistan War Campaign.Phase Three.Operation Red Wings 2

DATE: 06/07/2023

TIME (GMT): 18:00

ERA: Modern

MAP(S): PR FATA

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): Aris and Lord for Brothers in Arms

SLOTS: 69 / 90

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RATING: (6)

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A team of four Navy SEALs, tasked with surveillance and reconnaissance of a group of structures known to be used by Shah and his men, were ambushed by Shah and his group just hours after inserting into the area by fast-roping from an MH-47 Chinook helicopter.Three of the four SEALs were killed during the ensuing battle.

Since the SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team had been ambushed, the focus of the operation immediately shifted from disrupting ACM activity to finding, aiding, and extracting the team members. The operation became known as Operation Red Wings II.

After the broken transmission from the SEAL team, their position and situation were unknown. Members of SEAL Team 10, U.S. Marines, and aviators of the 160th SOAR were prepared to dispatch a quick reaction force, but approval for launch from higher special operations headquarters was delayed for several hours. A quick reaction force finally launched, consisting of two MH47 Special Operations Aircraft of the 160th, two conventional Army UH60 Black Hawk helicopters, and two AH64 Apache attack helicopters. The two MH47s took the lead. Upon reaching Sawtalo Sar, the two MH47s received small arms fire. During an attempt to insert SEALs riding in one of the MH47 helicopters, one of Ahmad Shah s men fired an RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade which struck the transmission below the rear rotor assembly, causing the aircraft to immediately plummet to the ground. All eight 160th SOAR aviators and crew and all eight Navy SEALs on board were killed, including commander of the 160th, Major Stephen C. Reich, and ground commander LCDR Erik S. Kristensen, of SEAL Team 10.

As the 3rd Marine Division we must move quickly under the cover of night to locate our two downed Chinook Helicopters and bring back all our Soldiers dead or alive.