Lowara Madi incident

Lowara Madi incident
Part of the Pakistan-United States skirmishes

An American AH-64 Apache helicopter, which was repelled during the incident
Date21 September 2008
LocationAfghanistan-Pakistan border
Result Pakistani victory
Belligerents
 United States  Pakistan
Strength
2 AH-64 Apaches Unknown number of Pakistani troops
12.7 mm heavy
machine guns
Casualties and losses
None
Possible aircraft damage
None

On 21 September 2008 at 10 pm local time, in the Ghulam Khan district of North Waziristan Pakistani soldiers fired on two American helicopter gunships that entered Pakistani airspace with 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. The helicopters stopped and hovered for a while, before returning over the border to Afghanistan without retaliation. It is unknown if any of the helicopters sustained any damage in this first incident.[1][2]

Thirty minutes later, two gunships attempted to cross the border again at the same place. Pakistani regular and Frontier Corps troops fired warning shots into the air and away from the helicopters, causing the helicopters to turn back without attacking any targets in Pakistan.[3]

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