I've authored hundreds of feature articles for publications such as Smithsonian Air and Space, Alpinist, Weatherwise (where I'm a contributing editor), Foreign Policy (online), and many other magazines and media outlets about subjects ranging from the physical geography of Mount McKinley to witnessing and photographing a space shuttle launch, among many other topics and experiences. I'm currently hard at work on a number of incredibly exciting fiction and non-fiction book projects please check the Books and Upcoming sections for more information and updates. I'm the author of the critically acclaimed Victory Point (published by the Penguin Group, New York named a book of the year by the United States Naval Institute) and three other books (two about mountaineering and one about expedition sea kayaking). Throughout my entire career I've worked as both a writer and creative photographer, often merging the two arts for a varitey of dynamic projects. Working independently, I have pursued a broad scope of interests and fascinations that includes mountaineering and adventure travel, front-line ground and air combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, aviation and space exploration, the study and beauty of the atmosphere, aesthetics throughout nature, and quantum mechanics and the exploration of the most fundamental constituent entities of the universe-among a host of other endeavors. I'm an author of non-fiction books, a writer of magazine feature articles, and a globally published stock and magazine photographer. helicopter use in Afghanistan, and the new and evolving military technologies and tactics being developed to mitigate such tragedies now and in the future.Įd Darack's Official Author Facebook Page His account of the brave pilots, crew, and passengers of Extortion 17 and the events of that fateful day is interwoven into a rich, complex narrative that also discusses modern joint combat operations, the history of the Afghan war to that date, U.S. In The Final Flight of Extortion 17, Ed Darack debunks this theory and others and uncovers the truth behind this mysterious tragedy. The downing of Extortion 17 spurred a number of conspiracy theories, such as the idea that the shootdown was revenge for bin Laden's death. Those killed were some of the U.S.'s most highly trained and battle-honed commandos, including 15 men from the Gold Squadron of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, known popularly as SEAL Team 6, which had raided a Pakistan compound and killed Osama bin Laden just three months earlier. All 38 onboard perished instantly in the single greatest moment of sacrifice for Americans in the war in Afghanistan. Insurgents fired at the Chinook, severed its rear rotor blades, and brought it crashing to the ground. The helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was on a mission to reinforce American and coalition special operations troops. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter approached a landing zone in Afghanistan 40 miles southwest of Kabul.
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