Tag Archives: Corps

FC to take control of Shamsi base


http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://thevisionresearchdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/fc-to-take-control-of-shamsi-base/ Frontier Corps personnel have arrived in Washak to take control of the Shamsi airbase after it is vacated by US forces by Sunday. According to sources, the United States troops deployed at the base are collecting their equipment. “Seven … Continue reading

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US refueling aircraft crashed AT Shamshi (Shamsi) Airbase


http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://thevisionresearchdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/us-refueling-aircraft-crashed-at-shamshi-shamsi-airbase/ On the night of 9 January 2002, a United States Marine Corps KC-130 R refueling aircraft crashed after hitting a ridgeline on approach to Shamsi, possibly due to crew disorientation, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members … Continue reading

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