Topic summary
September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion
31°30′45″N64°07′53″E / 31.5124°N 64.1315°E
Taliban
MG. Charles Gurganus MG. Gregg Sturdevant Lt. Col Christopher Raible †
Sqn Ldr. Kev McMurdo Capt. Jeff Portlock SGT. Roy Geddes (WIA)MALS-16 (FWD)
MWSS-273
MWSS-373
VMM-161
HMH-361
VMA-211
HMLA-469
British:
No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment
Tonga:
Tongan contingent
17 wounded
6 Harrier aircraft destroyed
1 C-130 aircraft destroyed
2 Harrier aircraft severely damaged
1 captured
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The September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion was a Taliban raid on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province on the night of 14 September 2012. The base hosted British, American, Danish and Tongan military personnel at the time of the attack. The Taliban fighters killed two U.S. Marines and destroyed or severely damaged eight U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers and a United States Air ForceC-130 before the entire raiding force was killed or captured. The Taliban claimed that the raid was in response to the film, Innocence of Muslims, and have also stated that Prince Harry, who was stationed at the base at the time, was the target of the attack. To replace the aircraft lost in the attack, the USMC deployed 14 Harriers to Afghanistan 36 hours after the raid.