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Unknown Abbreviation

This sentence if from the section on the battle:

While the AFO forces suggested an insertion at a point 1300 meters east of the peak, the SEALs eventually decided upon an insertion to the peak itself.

AFO does not appear to be used earlier in the article, nor are there any titles starting with those letters. Abbreviation needs to be defined before its use in the document, or else a link should be provided to where an explanation can be found. Ileanadu (talk) 21:56, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not in the DOD Dictionary of Military Terms. Ileanadu (talk) 01:17, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Advanced Force Operations; refers to task forces made up of JSOC units. I'm guessing the sentence was referring to the other teams in the AFO detachment since the SEAL teams were also part of the detachment themselves. 209.34.116.167 (talk) 13:52, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Battle

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In the late evening of March 3, Lieutenant Colonel Blaber ...

Who is Blaber? What service branch? What is his role in the mission? Is he in charge of the helicopters? of AFO? Ileanadu (talk) 02:06, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Blaber was the commander of the Advanced Force Operations detachment who were to provide on-location reconnaissance in the Shahi-Kot Valley, as said in Operation Anaconda 209.34.116.167 (talk) 13:44, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Belligerents

This article does not follow the appropriate format for battles. The belligerents are not listed, nor are casualties, nor are force strengths, or commanders.

Also "killing multiple al-Qaeda"? How many? How? Where? Citation?--24.200.88.13 (talk) 13:13, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

'A RPG then hit the helicopter, destroying the right engine...'

Problem here? Could someone resolve? Notreallydavid (talk) 01:21, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see one... the two turboshaft engines are needed to drive the rotors, though if one engine fails the other should be able to power both rotors unless something else was damaged. 209.34.116.167 (talk) 14:18, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Close support aircraft

I've read this article and seen a documentary on the National Geographic Channel about this battle and one question emerged: why didn't the americans use the A10 Warthog aircraft or the Apache helicopter to support the ground troops? Both could withstand hits of the insurgents most efective anti-aircraft weapon, which was a russian made 50 cal machine gun.

Nimitz 1943

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 :I don't see one... the two turboshaft engines are needed to drive the rotors, though if one engine fails the other should be able to power both rotors unless something else was damaged. [[Special:Contributions/209.34.116.167|209.34.116.167]] ([[User talk:209.34.116.167|talk]]) 14:18, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
+== Close support aircraft ==
+I've read this article and seen a documentary on the National Geographic Channel about this battle and one question emerged: why didn't the americans use the A10 Warthog aircraft or the Apache helicopter to support the ground troops? Both could withstand hits of the insurgents most efective anti-aircraft weapon, which was a russian made 50 cal machine gun.
+Nimitz 1943