ATTRITION
A Spanish Air Force CH-47D approaches the wrecked Spanish Army AS332B to recover the helicopter following its crash in Afghanistan on August 3, 2012. FAMET
THE RELEASE of a new Spanishdocumentary film, Zona Hostil(Rescue Under Fire), earlierthis year has resulted in theemergence of previouslyunknown details about a SpanishAir Force AS332B Super Pumacrash in Afghanistan four yearsago. At the time of the accidenton August 3, 2012, InternationalSecurity Assistance Force (ISAF)officials confirmed that oneof its helicopters had madea forced landing in westernAfghanistan, but apart fromstating that all crew membershad been recovered safely, nofurther details were releasedand the nationality and type ofhelicopter were not revealed(see Attrition, October 2012).
