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The body bags of dead US soldiers are starting to return home? This article recently appeared in our local paper. It only states that the 21 y/o male from Kalamzoo, Michigan died in the Middle East on January 8 and the governor ordered flags at half staff. No other details were available.
Since Iran's retaliation on US bases in Iraq occurred January 8 local time, it is plausible that he died in that missile attack.... Despite the announcement by the US that there were no casualties!
There have been reports of traumatic brain injury to U.S. servicemen.
U.S. says 50 troops now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike
Jan. 28, 2020 - The Pentagon said on Tuesday 50 U.S. service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month, 16 more than the military had previously announced.
A report claiming "up to 15" were on board the crashed plane.
Plane that crashed in Afghanistan might belong to US Air Force — TV
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CAIRO, January 27, 2020 - A plane that crashed in Afghanistan on Monday might belong to the US Air Force, the TOLOnews TV channel reports.
The markings on the plane’s right engine bear resemblance to those belonging to the US Air Force, the channel informs, publishing alleged video footage from the crash site.
The plane went down on Monday morning in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on the territory under the control of the Taliban radical movement (outlawed in Russia). A government source informed 1TVNews channel that it had been a military plane that might have been "used by the coalition contractors."
Earlier, eyewitnesses of the incident informed that local residents had pulled out a body of the pilot from the plane, who "was foreign." There may have been up to 15 people on board, according to some reports.
General Frank McKenzie, Commander of U.S. Central Command, reporting from Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, has identified two Air Force Officers killed in the crash but goes on to state: " U.S. troops did not meet any resistance going to the site" yet, there are several reports, the American's didn't reach the crash site until their third attempt. As stated in an earlier report, there could have been as many as 15 involved in the crashed plane? I have to assume - there is a major cover-up of the facts?
Pentagon Identifies 2 Air Force Airmen Killed in Afghanistan
Pentagon Identifies 2 Air Force Airmen Killed in Afghanistan | TOLOnews
The Pentagon on Wednesday released the names of two Air Force officers killed in the crash of their Bombardier E-11A electronic surveillance plane in Afghanistan.
They were identified as Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, of Hudson, New Hampshire. Voss was assigned to Air Combat Command headquarters at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. Phaneuf was assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.
The cause of Monday's crash is under investigation, but officials have said there is no indication the plane was downed by hostile action.
“I’m pretty confident there was no enemy action involved. Aircraft mishaps happen," Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, told reporters Wednesday at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
The remains of the two airmen were recovered from the crash site in Ghazni province by American forces on Tuesday.
McKenzie said that as far as he knows, the U.S. troops did not meet any resistance going to the site.
“The main resistance was from the weather, which was really significant back there,” he said, adding that “appropriate precautions” were taken in moving the recovery team to the site "because the last thing you want to do is have another mishap or have other people lose their lives in attempt to get up there.”
A report that the plane was experiencing engine trouble before crashing and “Taliban have taken the bodies of dead passengers from the plane,” and some who have remained alive were “taken into Taliban custody.” “The latest information indicates that there were about seven to eight people on the plane and the Taliban seized three dead bodies.”
Speculation Continues About Ghazni Plane Crash
Speculation Continues About Ghazni Plane Crash | TOLOnews
28 JANUARY 2020 - An investigation is apparently underway by the US to determine what caused a US military aircraft to crash in Deh Yak district in the central province of Ghazni, south of Kabul, on Monday afternoon, with local reporting that the US military is monitoring the crash location from the air, deterring people on the ground from getting close to the site.
On Monday evening (Afghan time), US forces in Afghanistan confirmed that the plane belonged to the US, saying: “While the cause of crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire. We will provide additional information as it becomes available,” US Forces-Afghanistan spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett said.
But the former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Rahmatullah Nabil, said that “no can deny the possibility that the aircraft had been hit by a missile.”
“Undoubtedly, in view of recent tensions between the US and Iran, Iran doesn’t have the capacity to counter the US directly, so we cannot reject the possibility that Iran provided anti-aircraft weapons to the Taliban,” said Nabil.
The crash happened in Taliban-controlled area.
On Tuesday the Taliban made several statements about the incident, but it is unclear whether or not they claim responsibility for the crash, based on the ambiguous language of those statements.
The AP reported that the Bombardier E-11A is a US Air Force electronic surveillance plane, which carries hi-tech equipment: "The so-called Battlefield Airborne Communications Node can be carried on unmanned or crewed aircraft like the E-11A. It is used by the military to extend the range of radio signals and can be used to convert the output of one device to another, such as connecting a radio to a telephone."
The AP said the US military uses the system as “Wi-Fi in the sky,” in areas where communications are otherwise difficult, elevating signals above obstacles like mountains."
“The higher this aircraft flies, the better it provides coverage--this aircraft flies very high, so I don’t think that this aircraft was shot down from the ground,” said Abdul Wahab Wardak, a former commander of the Afghan Air Force.
“Reports were received of engine failure from this plane,” said Ghulam Masoom Masoomi, head of Air Traffic at Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday, before the US spokesman confirmed the plane belonged to the US military.
On the one hand, local officials said that the “Taliban have taken the bodies of dead passengers from the plane,” and some who have remained alive were “taken into Taliban custody.”
On the other hand, on Tuesday afternoon members of Ghazni’s provincial police told TOLOnews that US forces had taken the two dead bodies of the crushed plane from Ghazni on Tuesday.
“The latest information indicates that there were about seven to eight people on the plane--the Taliban seized three dead bodies,” said Abdul Jame Jame, a member of the Ghazni provincial council.
US Military Recovers Remains from Plane Crash in Ghazni
US Military Recovers Remains from Plane Crash in Ghazni | TOLOnews
Dec. 29, 2020 - Early on Tuesday, Afghan forces and Taliban clashed at the site where a US military plane crashed as the government tried to reach the wreckage.
“The remains were found near the crash site, treated with dignity and respect by the local Afghan community, in accordance with their culture,” it said.
The assassin of Soleimani killed in plane crash
Murderer of General Soleimani Killed in US Plane Downing in Afghanistan, Sources
Iran TV uses ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ screenshot to claim CIA boss was killed in Afghanistan plane crash
Iran TV uses ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ screenshot to claim CIA boss was killed in Afghanistan plane crash
Jan. 29, 2020 - State TV in Iran has broadcast a screenshot from the movie Zero Dark Thirty to illustrate a report that a senior CIA officer had been killed in a plane crash.
The photo shows the actor that portrayed a character in the movie based on real life CIA operative Michael D'Andrea.
On Monday, the US military confirmed that a Bombardier E-11A surveillance aircraft had crashed eastern Afghanistan.
The plane came down in Ghazni province, which is controlled by the Taliban, who claim that senior CIA operatives had been killed.
US Plane Crashes In Afghanistan | Top US Intel Officers Dead | WION News | World News
US Plane Crashes In Afghanistan | Top US Intel Officers Dead | WION News | World News Published on Jan 28, 2020 (2:29 min.)