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been shut down. thanks for joining us. ac 360 begins now. good evening. we begin tonight with a 360 exclusive, inside the fighting in ukraine from a perspective thats never been shown before. the view from inside a ukrainian combat helicopter flying at treetop level and sometimes below the tree line, under constant threat from ground fire and fighters above. flying these choppers is one of the most dangerous jobs in this war, and with russia beginning a new offensive, it could soon g...

Air Force pilot Vladyslav Rykov, who completed 385 combat sorties, was killed while performing a combat mission on 7 February 2024. Source: 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade named after Lieutenant General Vasyl Nikiforov, with reference to Rykov's brother-in-arms Rostyslav Lazarenko Quote from Lazarenko: "My heart was ripped out yesterday.

Congo and sierra leone, mozambique and elsewhere. and as a consequence of that, they are very highly skilled and they are all paired with much younger pilots. but one of the younger pilots i spoke to, who has been flying just a few years, this year alone, anderson, he counted to 100 combat sorties and then stopped bothering. >> incredible. sam kiley, thank you for that report. really extraordinary. cnn analyst general hurdling, are those helicopters even designed for that? >> they are, anderson....

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She was a lieutenant colonel, 100 missions at the time in iraq and afghanistan. and, you know, 100 combat sorties. if this can happen to martha mcsally, it can happen to anyone, male or female. >> youre absolutely right, andrea. i want to say to martha mcsally, she showed extraordinary courage coming forward yesterday. i applaud her. my heart goes out to her. but this is a problem that has plagued the military for decades. i have been working on this since 2011. 15,000 service members, men and w...

7:00 a.m. bagdad time. the u.s. has a lot involved in this fight. there are more than 5,000 u.s. military personnel in the country supporting iraqi forces in the battle for western mosul and u.s.-led coalition aircraft are also hitting isis targets according to a statement put out yesterday, since the beginning of the u.s. involvement in the war against isis, the u.s. has launched more than 10,000 combat sorties against isis targets. so definitely he wants to come here -- territory hes quite fam...

>> this is a war against isis right now. and britain is involved, is that right? >> it is, yeah. >> how are you involved? what is britain doing in this war? we know the u.s. has air strikes. the russians have troops and air strikes. what specifically is britain doing? i know youre here to meet with secretary of state kerry to talk about the british role in all of this. what is that role? >> well, were active in iraq. weve carried out more than 1,500 combat sorties over iraq and syria. were flyin...

Leadership including our military power is stopping isils advance. >> reporter: president obama says the u.s. isnt losing to isis. but senior u.s. military officials privately acknowledge the terror groups takeever of ramadi is showing a key flaw the pentagon had long worried about. air strikes alone cant defeat isis. unless iraqi forces step up and fight. and in ramadi, that did not happen. and there could be political fallout. >> they have had now a fairly serious defeat in ramadi for which th...

Isis unless iraqi forces step up and fight. and in ramadi that did not happen and there could be political fallout. >> theyve had a fairly serious defeat in ramadi for which the prime minister and the defense minister are taking the blame. this was not a particularly stable government before that. we should be concerned about our allies in baghdad. >> critics say its the pentagon that needs to step up. >> 75% of the flights that combat sorties are lurng to the base without dropping a weapon do y...

>> the flights, the combat sorties, are returning to the base without dropping a weapon. you know why? they dont have anybody on the ground to give them the targets they need. this is an ineffectual air campaign. >> reporter: as cnn reported earlier this week top u.s. commanders privately again rejected recommending to the president u.s. troops on the ground to help find those isis targets to bomb. the only change -- more arms for the iraqi government and sunni tribes. the white house worry now ...