2001 Sayyd Alma Kalay airstrike
| Sayyd Alma Kalay airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan | |
| Target | United States (friendly fire) |
| Date | December 5, 2001 |
| Executed by | United States |
| Casualties | 3 Americans and 10 Afghans killed 40 injured |
The Sayyd Alma Kalayy airstrike was a major
Boeing B-52 bomber to strike a hill held by American Special Forces
and dozens of their Afghan allies.
Events
Two days earlier,
JDAM bomb on the hill, where several Americans and Afghans were located.[3]
Casualties
Three of Amerine's friends died:
- Master Sergeant Jefferson Davis, 39 years old, of Watauga, Tennessee
- Sergeant First Class Dan Petithory, 32 years old, of Cheshire, Massachusetts
- Staff Sergeant Brian Prosser, 28 years old, of Bakersfield, California
10 Afghans died as well. Forty Afghans and Americans, including Amerine, were wounded. The wounded were taken to Ramstein Air Base in Germany for treatment.
References
- "Interviews - U.s. Army Captain Jason Amerine", Campaign Against Terror, PBS - Frontline, 8 September 2002
- Blehm, Eric, The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan
- Zullo, Allan, Battle Heroes: Voices from Afghanistan