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A Fight in Afghanistan

B Comany, 159th - Hunting down the bad guys.

A U.S. Army Chinook helicopter takes off from Bagram Air Base on Wednesday, 1 May 2002. A team of 200 U.S. soldiers were deployed by the helicopters to search a village near the Pakistan border after Australian special operations troops came under fire by unidentifed assailants.

British Royal Marine commandos, part of a force of over 1,000, board Chinook helicopters as they prepare to be transported to the theater of operations and participate in Operation Snipe in this undated image released Thursday, 2 May 2002. The marines' commander Brigadier Roger Lane told reporters at Bagram Air Base Thursday that the force was targeting an area where al Qaida forces were believed to be hiding out. It is thought that the terrorist forces have fled to the mountainous regions along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area south and east of the city of Khoust, and possibly deep into the country of Pakistan.

A British Chinook helicopter moves equipment at Camp Taylor, a Forward Operating Base (FOB), in this photo made available Thursday, 2 May 2002. More than 1,000 troops commenced Operation Snipe in the south east region of Afghanistan.

A Chinook helicopter passes overhead, as British Royal Marines of 45 Commando patrol Camp Taylor, a Forward Operating Base (FOB), in this photo made available Thursday, 2 May 2002. More than 1,000 troops commenced Operation Snipe in the south east region of Afghanistan.

A CH-47D drops off members of a coalition force into the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan in support of Operation Torii on on May 4, 2002.

A CH-47D Chinook, belonging to A Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, drops off members of a coalition force into the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan in support of Operation Torii on on May 4, 2002. Operation Torii is a coalition operation consisting of over 400 members from the United States, Canadian Army, and the Afghanistan Military Forces (AMF) to gather intelligence. They also exploited and denied entrance to four underground sites in the Tora Bora region. The area was bombed this past December by 2000 pound GPS guided bombs called Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) in support of Operation Enduring freedom. The CH-47 Chinook and the JDAM are both manufactured by Boeing.

Corporal Shawn Merchant, 27, of Edmonton, watches out for enemy threats as Canadian troops depart a Chinook helicopter assigned to A Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on the Towr Ghar mountain deep in the Tora Bora valley region of Afghanistan on Saturday, 4 May 2002. The Canadian operation, named Torii, was part of the larger Operation Mountain Lion.

Members of a coalition force disembark from a CH-47D Chinook helicopter, assigned to A Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan as part of Operation Torii on Saturday, 4 May 2002. Operation Torii is an intelligence gathering operation consisting of over 400 members from the militaries of the United States, Canada, and the new Afghan government.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to land in Afghanistan.

A CH-47D Chinook helicopter, assigned to A Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to land and pick up members of a coalition force in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan in support of Operation Torii on 4 May 2002. Operation Torii is an intelligence gathering operation consisting of over 400 members from the United States, Canada, and Afghan infantry units.

Canadian troops return to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, 7 May 2002, after a four day mission aimed at searching a key former al-Qaeda stronghold. U.S. forensics experts who accompanied them brought back DNA samples they hope will identify senior al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders buried there after being killed in U.S. bombing late last year.

Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters from 27 Squadron land atop a mountain somewhere in Afghanistan to drop off stores and collect passengers on 7 May 2002. The Chinooks are supporting Royal Marines from 45 Commando and 3 Commando Brigade in the movement of troops, heavy artillery and stores replenishment.

In this photo made available Tuesday, 7 May 2002, from the Canadian Army, Canadian troops from the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group, 3 PPCLI, exit a Chinook helicopter, assigned to B Company - "Hercules", 159th Aviation Regiment, high in the mountains in the Tora Bora region, Afghanistan. Canadian troops and U.S. forensic experts returned Tuesday from a key former al-Qaeda stronghold with DNA samples they hope will identify some of those buried there after being killed in U.S. bombing late last year. The Canadians' four-day mission combed the region of Tora Bora, an area of caves, tunnels and underground bunkers with peaks ranging from 2,100 to 3,350 meters (7 to 10,000 feet).

Canadian troops disembark from an American CH-47D Chinook helicopter, assigned to A Company, 7th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, at Bagram air base, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, 7 May 2002. All across eastern Afghanistan, special operations forces from several nations are secretly spying on villages and mountain passes deemed suspicious by the U.S.-led coalition against terror.

An HC Mark II Chinook helicopter from 27 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF) lifts off after dropping members of 45 Commando Royal Marines in southeastern Afghanistan during Operation Condor in the hunt for al-Qaeda and Taliban personnel on Saturday, 18 May 2002.

A CH-47D Chinook cargo helicopter lifts a Humvee vehicle at Bagram Air Base, 50 kilometers (31 miles) northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, 19 May 2002. Winds over 40 knots and sandstorms can ground the coalition's fleet of large twin-rotor Chinook helicopters, used to ferry supplies, infantry and Special Forces troops.

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