Man-portable missile downed U.K. helo in Basra
The British Defense Ministry has confirmed that a shoulder-fired missile downed an army Lynx Mk7 utility helicopter in Basra in May 2006. All five personnel onboard the aircraft were killed. Adam Ingram, the British government's minister for the armed forces, told parliament in an April 27 written...
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