Operation Rhino

Operation Rhino was a raid by the United States Army Rangers on several Taliban targets in and around Kandahar, Afghanistan during the early stages of the Afghanistan War. On the night of October 19th, 2001, a company-sized element of approximately 200 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment departed from four Lockheed MC-130 aircraft towards a desert landing strip south of the city on an "objective Rhino". Before the Rangers dropped, several targets on and around the objective were targeted by U.S. air power, first by bombs dropped from B-2 stealth bombers, then by fire from orbiting AC-130 aircraft. These air strikes resulted in a number of enemy KIAs and several enemy fleeing the area. Following the air strikes, the 4...