2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown or cancel their mission went unheeded. American rules of engagement were tightened by Gen. Stanley McChrystal in 2009, in order to improve American counterinsurgency strategy. McChrystal cited a previous "overreliance on firepower and force protection" and the need to reduce civilian casualties and win the cooperation of the local population. 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign "Extortion 17" (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting an Immediate Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi
Chinook Sciences of Will Temple as Corporate Strategy Director of their Energy division. Will Temple who brings over 10 years of experience in private equity most of which was in the waste management and renewable energy sectors. The development of an energy from waste plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland was announced in August 2013. A strategic partnership between Chinook Sciences' energy division Chinook Energy and Shore Energy gained planning permission to build a plant that can process up to 160,000 tonnes of Refuse Derived Fuel. This plant will be the first in a planned series of facilities as part of the joint