Editor’s Note: It is hard to believe, but 15 years have passed since Extortion 17 was lost in Afghanistan’s Tangi Valley, southwest of Kabul. Thirty American service members, eight Afghan personnel, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The 14th Annual Extortion 17 Memorial Ride honoring local heroes was held Saturday. The Extortion 17 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Extortion 17 Memorial Ride is dedicated in memory of the 30 U.S. troops and military K-9 dog killed on Aug. 6, 2011, when an ...

Extortion 17 was a US Army Chinook helicopter mission in Afghanistan that ended in one of the deadliest single incidents for American forces during the war. The aircraft was carrying a large group of ...

PROGRAMMING ALERT: The Fox Nation special "Final Flight: The Men of Extortion 17" is available to stream now on Fox Nation. Fifteen years after Extortion 17 became the deadliest single incident for ...

REDCON 2 -- America's longest war -- "Make it count" -- Forging a modern U.S. Army aviator and commander -- Extortion Company and the modern American war machine -- Special operations and the 160th -- ...