On the base of Camp Bastion, where serves as prince Harry, they attacked members of the Taliban. Their goal was to be supposedly just a british prince. This was according to sources, the agency AFP in a safe.
During the attack killed two members of the us marine corps, and several people were injured and were destroyed at least two aircraft Harrier of the eight stationed on the base.
The attack was led by rocket launchers and small arms.
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Talibanskí fighters started the attack by about 22.15 hrs. it Was about a group of 15-ich bojovníkov (under's zdrojov 19), ktorí got past the oplotenia and ostatý drôt and with the help of výbušnín get through betónovú moan. Boli armed with automatic zbraňami, guľometmi, reaktívnymi granátmi RPG and part of them mala aj samovražedné vests with explosives. Clothes boli in american rovnošiat that but Američania I dlhšiu time nepoužívajú.
In areáli sa attackers were split up into little päťčlenných troops. One group attacked a helping of RPG and timed charges on the stanovištia upgraded AV-8B+ Harrier II (equipped with rádiolokátormi AN/APG-65 and zameriavacími kontajnermi the AN/AAQ-28 Litening II). In attack they destroyed 6 Harrierov squadron VMA-211 "Avengers" and two damaged.
The second group attacked the post doplňovania jet fuel, where they destroyed 3 stands. Tretia group viedla fight with american and british vojakmi. From útočníkov bolo štrnásť killed and one attacker was captured.
In attack he was killed veliteľ VMA-211 Lt.Col. Christopher "Otis" Raible and older elektrošpecialista Sgt. Bradley Atwell, obaja from the USMC. Injured as a result of bolo 8 vojakov and one civilný employee.
Destroyed lietadlá VMA-211 boli doplnené from VMA-231 and the new veliteľom sa became a Lt.Col. Troy M. Pehrson, who predtým viedol squadron VMA-214.
Source: Sousek, Thomas: the Worst loss since Vietnam, ATM 2012 / 11
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