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| publisher = Smithsonian Books
| publisher = Smithsonian Books
| release_date = 2017 [[Hardcover]], [[ebook]], and [[audiobook]]
| release_date = 2017 [[Hardcover]], [[ebook]], and [[audiobook]]
| media_type = Print ([[hardcover]]) and [[ebook]]
| media_type = Print ([[hardcover]]), [[ebook]], and [[audiobook]]
| pages = 240 pg
| pages = 240 pg
| isbn = 978-1-588-34589-9
| isbn = 978-1-588-34589-9

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The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, And The Deadliest Day Of The U.S. War in Afghanistan
File:THE FINAL MISSION OF EXTORTION 17 BY ED DARACK.jpg
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
ISBN978-1-588-34589-9


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 author Ed Darack published on 19 September 2017 about 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 morning hours of 6 August 2011. The book focuses on the five crew members of the helicopter.[1] The book grew out of Darack's work on his Air & Space/Smithsonian article, The Final Flight of Extortion 17, published in that magazine's February / March, 2015 issue. According to an interview with Darack, the book will provide never-before revealed insight into the tragedy, relying on interviews from a host of people close to those of the tragedy who have never been interviewed before and provide the first complete, accurate accounting of the downing, including debunking a number of myths and conspiracy theories.[2][3][4] According to a May 26, 2017 review in Library Journal, the book effectively rules out conspiracy theories.[5] The book is being published by Smithsonian Books with distribution by Penguin Random House.[6][7][8]


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