Aviators Take on Insurgents

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Aviators Take on Insurgents
April 02, 2008
Army News Service|by Sgt. Brandon Little

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crews engaged more insurgents in Iraq during the final days of March than in the previous three months combined, according to Task Force XII officials.

There were at least 25 enemy engagements by TF XII aviators in the last two weeks of March, task force officials say, which resulted in more than 40 enemy combatants killed and numerous insurgents wounded.

TF XII supports Multi-National Division - Baghdad and is led by the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade from Ansbach, Germany.

"Enemy engagements used to happen about once every two weeks, but right now it's (several a day)," said Apache pilot Lt. Col. Todd Royar, commander of the 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. "These insurgent forces have decided to become more visible and more deliberate in their attacks."

Nearly all these Apache engagements have occurred as a result of either observing enemy activities while patrolling the Baghdad region or by responding to aerial support requests from ground forces.


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