U.S. Apaches, Chinooks Used For al-Baghdadi Raid

Credit: AH-64: U.S. Army
U.S. Delta Force special operators and at least one dog were ferried by a mix of eight Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and Boeing H-47 Chinook helicopters to raid a compound housing the founder and leader of ISIS. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest Oct. 26 to kill himself and his...

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