The Battle of Takur Ghar was a short but intense military engagement between United States special operations forces and al-Qaeda insurgents fought in March 2002, atop Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan.

Jul 1, 2011 · In the intense, 15-hour firefight that ensued on Takur Gar, seven US service members were killed in action, including SrA. Jason D. Cunningham, an Air Force pararescue jumper who exposed himself to enemy fire numerous times while treating the wounded, before being shot and killed.

The 4-5 March 2002 Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan resulted in two downed MH-47E Chinook helicopters. Only one, tail number 476, was salvageable. However, it was in an extremely remote and contested area, factors that complicated a recovery.

During this campaign, a small US force fought a 17-hour intense battle against enemy forces on the mountaintop of Takur Ghar, which came to be known as Roberts Ridge. At about 1:00 am on March 4, Razor 03, a U.S. Army MH-47E helicopter tried to insert a reconnaissance team on top of Takur Ghar, unaware it was an enemy stronghold. While landing ...

Dec 27, 2016 · On March 3, 2002, Mako 30, a six-man Navy SEAL reconnaissance team, and its Air Force combat controller, John Chapman, a Windsor Locks native, were ordered to set up an observation post on Takur Ghar, a large mountain in Afghanistan with a commanding view of the Shah-i-Kot Valley where U.S. forces had launched a major offensive against Al-Qaeda.

Feb 3, 2025 · On the third day of Operation Anaconda, an Army MH-47E Chinook helicopter was fired upon as it attempted to land on a ridge on Takur Ghar mountain. Those actions set into motion what turned into a brutal extended fight that spanned from March 3-4 atop the remote, snow covered ridge.

May 31, 2021 · On second year of war in Afghanistan, US. Military launched Operation Anaconda, to squeeze and destroy the remaining Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Shahi-Kot Valley and Arma Mountains.

Apr 4, 2025 · An AC-130 gunship had flown over the peak hours previously and reported it to be unoccupied, but when the twin-rotor MH-47 Chinook helicopter arrived to deliver Mako 30 atop Takur Ghar, they found that intelligence to be faulty.

Takur Ghar is a high mountain located in the Arma Mountains of southeastern Afghanistan. The peak is on the eastern border of the Shah-i-Kot Valley.

Jun 26, 2017 · On March 4, 2002, Air Force TSgt. Keary J. Miller crashed onto mount Takur Gar in Afghanistan with his quick reaction force (QRF) teammates. Their mission had been to rescue two special operators on the ground, trying to evade enemy capture, but it quickly turned into a simple mission of survival.