# The Final Mission of Extortion 17

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- Book: [The Final Mission of Extortion 17](https://www.bookquiver.com/ed-darack/the-final-mission-of-extortion-17) ([The Final Mission of Extortion 17.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ed-darack/the-final-mission-of-extortion-17.md))
- Authors: [Ed Darack](https://www.bookquiver.com/ed-darack)
- Publisher: smithsonian_books
- ISBN: 978-15-8834-558-5
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2022-02-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

On August 6, 2011, a U. S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter approached a landing zone in Afghanistan 40 miles southwest of Kabul. The helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was on a mission to reinforce American...