As more enemy fighters gathered, reinforcements were called in. However, they’d been unable to locate him.

Three hours after leaving the choppers, the ground forces had secured the compound and detained many of Tahir’s fighters, with the help of support helicopters. Two soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 135th. The Colt report claims, as the helicopter catastrophically broke up, exploded, and fell to the ground, it traveled another 300 yards in 5 seconds at 40 knots. The position was a mere 20 miles from where the helicopters took off. Those killed in the crash include 22 sailors 17 of them Navy SEALs assigned to East Coast and West Coat-based Naval Special Warfare units. (Scenario 1) Extortion 17 flies at 40 knots, altitude of 100-150ft and is hit by one RPG-7 from 240 yards away (two and a half football fields). The US forces involved used two CH-47D Chinooks – callsigns “Extortion 16” and “17” – to transport 47 ground troops with the 75th Ranger Regiment to a landing site near Tahir’s compound. It was believed his position as a senior chief connected him to upper-echelon Taliban leadership in Pakistan. The objective for the mission was to capture or kill Qari Tahir, a senior Taliban chief in Tangi Valley. The Chinook helicopter they were aboard was shot down by. Many of these SEALs were made famous, credited with the killing of Osama bin Laden. While Benghazi resulted in four American deaths, Extortion 17 resulted in 38 deaths, including nearly two dozen Navy SEALs. A grave for remains of Navy SEALs aboard a helicopter with the call sign Extortion 17, which crashed in 2011 in Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., March 22, 2015. William Tremblay / ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office from Kabul, Afghanistan / Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0) The downing of Extortion 17 was at best unnecessary and at worst a negligent, reckless loss of life. Don Brown in his new book, Call Sign Extortion 17 published by Lyons Press gives us The Shoot-Down of SEAL Team Six. Extortion 17 could be a bigger scandal and betrayal of Americans than Benghazi. The helicopter fell from the sky, killing all 38 on board. While Benghazi resulted in four American deaths, Extortion 17 resulted in 38 deaths, including nearly two dozen Navy SEALs. As Extortion 17 moved into final approach of the target area at 0238 local time, the Rangers on the ground watched in horror as it took a direct hit from an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade). The beginning of the ill-fated mission Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 101st Airborne Division taking off after dropping supplies at Forward Operating Base Baylough. Extortion 17 could be a bigger scandal and betrayal of Americans than Benghazi.