F-16 Saves Rangers – Drops 2,000 POUND BOMB On ISIS Fighters *GRAPHIC WARNING*

#Afghanistan #USArmy #AirForce April 26, 2017 — Mohmand Valley, eastern Afghanistan. Before sunrise, fifty U.S. Army Rangers insert into a remote mountain valley to capture or kill one of ISIS’s most dangerous leaders. The mission is supposed to be fast. Precise. Controlled. Instead, it turns violent almost immediately. Within minutes of landing, the Rangers are ambushed from fortified high ground. Enemy fighters open fire from multiple directions. Machine guns. RPGs. Mortars. The valley erupts all at once. Pinned down. Surrounded. Taking fire from above and below. With nowhere to maneuver, the Rangers face the real possibility of being overrun. What happens next is nothing short of extraordinary. As the situation collapses on the ground, U.S. Air Force aircrews race toward the fight — AC-130 gunships and F-16s pushing their aircraft to the limit, coordinating danger-close strikes in one of the most intense close-air-support battles of the war. Pilots and ground controllers work under impossible pressure, threading bombs and gunfire dangerously close to friendly forces — not for glory, but to keep American soldiers alive. This film tells the true story of the Mohmand Valley raid — a battle defined by trust, precision, and the unbreakable bond between Rangers and the airmen who refused to leave them behind. It’s a story about chaos under fire… about decision-making measured in seconds… and about warriors who chose each other when everything was on the line. If stories like this matter, help us keep them alive. Watch, like, comment, and share — because American courage deserves to be remembered. 🔗 SOURCES & REFERENCES • U.S. Department of Defense briefings on 2017 Nangarhar operations • Air Force Magazine – Close Air Support in Afghanistan https://theaviationgeekclub.com/2-shaw-f-16-fighter-pilots-have-been-awarded-dfc-medals-for-saving-88-coalition-soldiers-in-afghanistan/ • Congressional & DoD reporting on Operation in Mohmand Valley https://media.defense.gov/2018/Jul/03/2001938620/-1/-1/1/1225-REPORT-JUNE-2018-FINAL-UNCLASS-BASE.pdf • Army Times Open-source reporting on April 26, 2017 operations https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/08/13/inside-a-fatal-ranger-raid-that-killed-an-isis-k-emir-in-afghanistan/ 📺 CHAPTERS 00:00 – 01:32 Into the Valley 01:33 – 03:12 ISIS-K 03:13 – 06:28 Contact on All Sides 06:29 – 13:02 Danger Close 13:03 – 10:15 The Call for Air 10:16 – 15:43 Exfil @AmericanMilitaryNetwork