Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070905-16
September 5, 2007

MND-B Apache crews engage RPG firers
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Multi-National Division-Baghdad attack helicopter crews killed three insurgents Sept. 4 in a building in south Baghdad from which rocket-propelled grenades had been fired on Coalition Forces.

The Apache crews from 4th “Guns” Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, responded to request for support from 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, which reported receiving RPG fire from a building.

The Apache crews were cleared to engage the building by the ground unit, and fired one Hellfire missile that malfunctioned and landed in an abandoned area west of the target. There were no injuries or collateral damage caused by the missile, according to an assessment by 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.

The crews fired another Hellfire that hit the building, killing three insurgents. There were no civilians killed in the attack.

The aircrews conducted a battle handover with another air weapons team from 4-227th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, and those crews continued to provide security for the ground forces from 2/2 SCR.

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