Task Force Marne pilots rescued from downed helicopter

Multi-National Division-Central
Courtesy Story

Date: 07.02.2007
Posted: 07.02.2007 17:55
News ID: 11090

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An AH-64 Apache helicopter rescued two Task Force Marne pilots after heavy machine-gun fire brought down their OH-58D Kiowa Attack helicopter south of Baghdad today.

The OH-58 pilots received minor injuries in the early morning attack. An Air Force Thunderbolt II destroyed the downed helicopter with two 500-pound laser-guided bombs.

The incident is under investigation.