The Final Mission of Extortion 17

The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, And The Deadliest Day Of The U.S. War in Afghanistan
First edition
AuthorEd Darack
LanguageEnglish
SubjectExtortion 17
PublisherSmithsonian Books
Publication date
2017 Hardcover, ebook, and audiobook
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover), ebook, and audiobook
Pages240 pg
ISBN978-1-58834-589-9

The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, And The Deadliest Day of The U.S. War in Afghanistan is a book by Ed Darack. It was published on September 19, 2017. It describes the downing of Extortion 17, a U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter, in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak Province in the early hours of 6 August 2011. The book focuses on the helicopter's two pilots and three crew members.