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A once quiet landscape turned battlefield, the clash of gunfire and shouts ripped through the Shahi-Kot Valley in the early hours of March 4, 2002. As part of an early war effort that targeted al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan, the Battle of Roberts Ridge is still known as one of the deadliest engagements during Operation Anaconda.
Above the Takur Ghar mountain top, an MQ-1 Predator aircrew became an unforeseen, close air support asset for a desperate joint special operations team in their time of need.
| Date Taken: | 08.30.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 08.30.2018 21:37 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 622147 |
| VIRIN: | 180830-F-WW236-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_105974419 |
| Length: | 00:01:59 |
| Location: | CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA, US |
| Downloads: | 117 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 117 |
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