I think your boy is right Trap, the RPG does not have the punch nor accuracy of a rocket, especially in a ground-to-air operation. However, the Taliban do have a history of making them work in that role, but they would have to be close to the target and the target must be level or travelling slower than normal. Most articles state the helo was on approach, so it could have been vulnerable to an RPG attack. The disturbing question is were these scumbags tipped off, or did they bait the area knowing such a force was likely to be sortied and they flew into the trap? If the former I want bodies on racks, if the latter who the hell made the call to send the Op in as described. I would think SpecOp's types wouldn't go in just one direction, they'd come in from a several compass points just to avoid such a trap. We don't have enough of the facts yet to know one way or the other. And I echo CO's concern about the role of the 160th. Anybody with any sense ought to know not to marry up unfamiliar units for an operation and anything SpecOp's does is beyond normal operations, you dance with your regular partners, period, so something seems terribly wrong here. I don't know if the wrong info is getting put out or what. I am also hearing that possibly only 2 of the fallen were from SEAL Team 6, if true the balance would have come from other teams. The info on this is still too fluid. But there is going to be a lot of debriefing and investigations on this one, lets hope the truth doesn't get washed out, the honor of the fallen and their survivors demands nothing less!