A C-130 hit by small arms fire while taking off from Baghdad

[Uncle Chô]

This afternoon, an American C-130 whas hit by small arms fire while taking off from BIA. One crew member / passenger was badly injured and later died at the hospital :(

[Tengu]

Nuts, i thought that zone was heavly guarded.

RIP

[Pooga]

:(

[Argyll]

BIAP is a huge place,not so easy to patrol,it's been getting hit daily this past few days..........yesterday 12-15 mortar rounds impacted within the area.....mainly the Military side of it

[Argyll]

Where is this info coming from?.........Nothing has been reported about this here,and it's not on any of the networks?

[Seraphim]

Where is this info coming from?.........Nothing has been reported about this here,and it's not on any of the networks?

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=iraq

[Seoulstriker]

From: Press Service <afisnews_sender@DTIC.MIL>
Subject: Soldier Aboard C-130 Killed, Another Dies in Rocket Attack
To: DEFENSE-PRESS-SERVICE-L@DTIC.MIL
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American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON – Two U.S. soldiers were killed today in Iraq, coalition military
officials in Baghdad announced.

A coalition C-130 Hercules transport aircraft leaving Baghdad International
Airport about 5 p.m. was hit by small-arms fire, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt,
Multinational Force Iraq deputy operations director, said in a written
statement issued by the coalition press office. A soldier aboard the aircraft
was wounded. The aircraft returned to the airport. The soldier received medical
treatment, but later died. The C-130 was not significantly damaged, Kimmitt's
statement said.

Another soldier was killed in a rocket attack two hours earlier at a coalition
base in Baghdad, the press office announced.

The names of both soldiers are being withheld until their families are
notified.

Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division and an explosive ordnance disposal team
destroyed an improvised explosive device near Baqubah this morning, the press
office reported. The soldiers discovered an artillery round connected to a
keyless car remote device. No casualties were reported during the detonation.

An Iraqi citizen turned in 110 anti-personnel mines and two anti-tank mines to
the 1st Infantry Division the evening of June 26, the coalition press office
reported today. Soldiers secured the mines for destruction.

The press office also reported today that Iraqi police and area hospitals now
report that 23 people were killed and 58 were wounded after two car bombs
exploded near the former Saddam Hussein mosque in Hillah the night of June 26.
Earlier reports had set the death toll at 40.

Related Sites:
Multinational Force Iraq [http://www.mnf-iraq.com/]
1st Infantry Division [http://www.1id.army.mil/]
C-130
Hercules [http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=92]
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the official website of the U.S. Department of Defense, at
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2004/n06272004_2004062705.html.

[seruriermarshal]

But FOXNEWS report that the plane is not USAF, but is from a foreign nation .


Transport Plane Attacked in Iraq

Sunday, June 27, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A senior U.S. military official tells FOX News that a transport plane hit by small arms fire after taking off Sunday from Baghdad (search) was not an American plane, but rather belonged to a foreign nation.

At least one person was killed in the attack.

The aircraft took off at approximately 5:30 p.m. and was struck about 12 miles west of the airport, the officials said on condition of anonymity. It returned to Baghdad International Airport (search) and landed safely.

Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, coalition deputy operations chief, confirmed the attack but did not specify the exact location. Kimmitt told AP that "one of the personnel" aboard was wounded and later died. He did not say how many people were on the plane.

Pilots have in the past reported ground fire near the airport, located on the capital's western edge.

On Jan. 8, a C-5 transport plane with 63 passengers and crew limped safely back Baghdad's airport after being struck by fire from insurgents.

In December, guerrillas hit a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane with a surface-to-air missile shortly after it took off from Baghdad, causing the engine to explode. The plane returned to the airport and landed safely, with only one of the 16 people aboard slightly injured.

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From (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123853,00.html)

[garoco]

Australian morning news are reporting this Herc as being an RAAF C-130 and that a US contractor onboard has DOW :(

[garoco]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1141645.htm

Link to Australian news story of RAAF C-130 being attacked.

[usa320]

We need to get rough...