2001 Sayyd Alma Kalay airstrike

Friendly fire incident during the Afghanistan war September 2026 Sayyd Alma Kalay airstrike 250px A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Sayyd Alma Kalay, near the Arghandab River, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan United States (friendly fire) 2001 12 5 airstrike 3 Americans and 10 Afghans 40 United States the War in Afghanistan The Sayyd Alma Kalayy airstrike was a major friendly fire incident via airstrike during the Invasion of Afghanistan. It happened on December 5, 2001 when a U.S. soldier responsible for calling in airstrikes accidentally misguided the Boeing B-52 bomber to strike a hill held by American Special Forces and dozens of their Afghan allies. Events Two days earlier, U.S. Army Special Forces then-Captain Jason Amerine (leading Operational Detachment Alpha 574) and Afghan tribal leader Hamid Karzai had been fighting in the towns of TarinkotThe Story of Jason Amerine, ODA 574, and Friendly Fire in Afghanistan and Shawali KowtPBS Frontline: Friendly Fire before advancing towards the village of Sayyd Alma Kalay. The Taliban withdrew from the town, and Amerine and Karzai entered the town. After both talked in the headquarters, Amerine left to discuss further airstrikes with another officer. While studying a map, a huge explosion hit the hill near them, apparently from one of their own bombs. Amerine was wounded, while many on the hill were killed or also wounded. A military investigation revealed that the U.S. Air Force Combat Controller from the headquarters in Sayyd Alma Kalay who arrived earlier in the day made a mistake: due to a technical error with his issued GPS receiver, he did not realize that he had mistakenly given his own coordinates for an airstrike to the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress that ultimately dropped a 2,000 lb JDAM bomb on the hill, where several Americans and Afghans were located.Washington Post: Friendly Fire Deaths Traced to Dead Battery Casualties Three of Amerine's friends died: Master Sergeant Jefferson Davis, 39 years old, of Watauga, Tennessee Sergeant First Class Dan Petithory, 32 years old, of Cheshire, Massachusetts Staff Sergeant Brian Prosser, 28 years old, of Bakersfield, California 10 Afghans died as well. Forty Afghans and Americans, including Amerine, were wounded. The wounded were taken to Ramstein Air Base in Germany for treatment. References https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/interviews/amerine.html Interviews - U.s. Army Captain Jason Amerine Campaign Against Terror 8 September 2002 PBS - Frontline Blehm Eric The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan Zullo Allan Battle Heroes: Voices from Afghanistan Category:Friendly fire incidents of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Airstrikes during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Airstrikes conducted by the United States Category:United States invasion of Afghanistan Category:December 2001 in Afghanistan Category:Attacks in Afghanistan in 2001 Category:2001 airstrikes Category:21st century in Urozgan Province