Several U.S. copters have crashed in Iraq since April 2003, the most important incidents are:

In 2003:

Apr. 14; A AH-1W SuperCobra went down near the city of Samarra, where two U.S. service members were wounded.

Apr. 30: A CH-53E Super Stallion crashed near the city of Najaf and its crew managed to survive.

May 6: One U.S. soldier was wounded when a OH-58D Kiowa was down near al-Assad base.

May 9: A Blackhawk helicopter crashed in the Tigris river’s valley. Three U.S. soldiers were killed in the incident.

May 19: Four Marines were killed when a CH-46E Sea Knight went down in the city of Hilla in Babel province.

Jun. 12: An Apache crashed in western Iraq, without casualties.

Oct. 25: A Blackhawk helicopter went down in a missile attack in Tikrit.

Nov. 2: 16 U.S. servicemen were killed and 21 others were wounded when a Shinok helicopter went down near Falluja in Anbar.

Nov. 7: Six U.S. soldiers were killed when a Blackhawk crashed near Tikrit.

Nov. 15: Two Blackhawk choppers were down, where 17 soldiers were killed.

Dec. 9: A OH-58 Kiowa crashed in Falluja and its pilot managed to survive.

In 2004:

Jan. 2: A Kiowa helicopter went down in central Iraq and one of its two pilots was killed and the other was injured.

Jan. 8: Nine U.S. soldiers were killed when a Blackhawk was down near Falluja.

Jan. 13: An Apache crashed in al-Tharthar region in western Iraq. The crew survived.

Jan. 23: A helicopter went down in northern Iraq. Two members were killed.

Jan. 25: Two pilots and one soldier were killed when a Kiowa helicopter was down near Mosul.

Feb. 25: A U.S. Kiowa helicopter went down in western Iraq, where its crew was killed.

Aug. 11: Two Marines were killed in the crash of a CH-53 in Anbar.

Oct. 16: Two U.S. soldiers were killed when a helicopter was down.

Nov. 12: Gunmen shot down a Blackhawk in northern Baghdad, injuring three of its crew.

Dec. 9: Two soldiers were killed when two helicopters went down in northern Iraq.

In 2005:

Jan. 26: A CH53E helicopter crashed in Anbar near the Jordanian borders, where 30 Marines were killed.

Jan. 28: Two soldiers were killed when a Kiowa helicopter went down in southwestern Baghdad.

Apr. 17: An Apache helicopter made an urgent landing in north of Baghdad.

Apr. 21: A Shinok helicopter crashed and five of its crew were wounded.

Apr. 27: An Apache was down near al-Mushahada region and its pilot was killed.

Aug. 12: An Apache went down near Kirkuk. Two members were wounded.

Aug. 30: Kiowa helicopter crashed.

Nov. 2: A SuperCobra chopper went down near Ramadi, where two Marines were killed.

In 2006:

Jan. 8: A Blackhawk helicopter went down near Mosul, where 12 people were killed,

Jan. 13: A helicopter was shot down by gunmen in Mosul. The pilot was killed in the attack.

Jan. 16: An Apache was down in al-Taji region, north of Baghdad, where a pilot was killed.

Apr. 1: An Apache helicopter went down in al-Youssifiya region, south of Baghdad.

May 14: Two soldiers were killed when a U.S. helicopter crashed in al-Youssifiya region.

Aug. 8: One helicopter crashed in Anbar, killing four crew members.

Sept. 7: A U.S. copter made an urgent landing in Anbar, western Iraq, where a Marine was killed.

Nov. 6: An Apache was down in north of Baghdad, killing the pilot.

Dec. 3: A CH-46E Sea Knight went down in Anbar with 17 persons onboard.

Dec. 11: A CH-53E Super Stallion carrying 21 people was down in Anbar. The incident killed one person and injured 17.

In 2007:

Dec. 20: A Blackhawk was down in Diala with 12 soldiers onboard.

Dec. 28: An Apache crashed in south of Najaf, killing the pilot.

Feb. 2: Two U.S. servicemen were killed when an Apache went down in southwestern Baghdad.

Feb. 7: Seven U.S. soldiers were killed when a missile hit a U.S. chopper in southwestern Baghdad.

Feb. 11: A Blackhawk was down without casualties.

Feb. 21: A Blackhawk carrying nine people went down in southwestern Baghdad without casualties.

May 28: Gunmen shot down a U.S. copter in Diala, during which two U.S. soldiers were killed.

July 4: One soldier was killed when a U.S. helicopter went down in Ninewa.

Aug. 10: Two soldiers were wounded when a chopper went down in al-Youssifiya region, south of Baghdad.

Aug. 14: A Shinok crashed near Falluja, killing five U.S. servicemen.

Aug. 22: A Blackhawk crashed in north of Iraq for technical reasons. 14 people were killed in the incident.

Nov. 20: One Helicopter went down in Salman Bak region.

In 2008:

Jun. 1: A U.S. helicopter went down in Baghdad for technical reasons, during which two soldiers were injured.

Sept. 18: A Shinok crashed in Basra, killing seven soldiers.

Oct. 4: Two Blackhawks went down in Baghdad.

Nov. 15: A OH-58 Kiowa crashed in Mosul. The pilot was killed in the incident.

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