Captain Bradley Geary recounts some of the darkest moments of Extortion 17.

The shootdown of Extortion 17, which resulted in the deaths of 30 American military personnel, represents the greatest single-incident loss of American lives in Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/Ab7hLCnuN1

— Shawn Ryan Show (@ShawnRyanShow) August 6, 2024

If you think Tulsi Gabbard exposing Obama on Russiagate is bad wait until you learn about what REALLY happened during Extortion 17.

Extortion 17 took place on August, 6th 2011 and it was biggest, most sinister betrayal of our military by a president in US history. Barack Obama… pic.twitter.com/nE4wqzZVGA

— Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) July 19, 2025

Special Operations Chief, Aaron Vaughn - a highly decorated US Navy SEAL Team 6 operator - died in action on August 6, 2011. He died alongside 29 US personnel when their helicopter, call sign “Extortion 17” was shot down in Afghanistan. Did Aaron somehow survive? Is this him ⬇️😎 https://t.co/ZHx0CebC0O

— 🍏 (@AnnieApples) August 7, 2026

Remember when Obama paid Iran $152 billion on those mysterious pallets of UNTRACEABLE money flown in under cover of night?

Did you know this deal included retribution against Seal Team 6?

Yeah, that Alan Parrot.

And now his name just so happened to pop back up into the news.… https://t.co/UyIdxfFLkU pic.twitter.com/5kbftbWrqn

— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) April 15, 2025

Final Flight: The Men of Extortion 17 is streaming now on Fox Nation.

This documentary honors the extraordinary Americans lost aboard Extortion 17 by telling the story of who they were, not simply how they died. Through the voices of their families and teammates, we see the rare… pic.twitter.com/CziMAwbq5H

— Mike Sarraille (@MJSarraille) August 10, 2026

Kash Patel shares a photo of a gravesite with Extortion 17

August 6, 2011, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was shot down by insurgents in Afghanistan.. Or so they’d said.

This resulted in the deaths of 30 U.S. service members, including 15 members of SEAL… pic.twitter.com/IG7mQywBGx

— Trumpusa1 (@Trumpusa1A1) August 7, 2026