the roughest terrain in the world. transporting special operations forces on secret missions. kill or capture taliban commanders. nearly a dozen of those troops were flying in a blackhawk, the military's workhorse helicopter. just before 5:00 a.m., they were trying to land, according to one official, when the helicopter crashed, immediately catching fire. this year the military has more than doubled the number of special operations raids. but they are not without risk, especially at night. abc's mike boettcher talked with three pilots. >> i would say the biggest challenges we face are landing in brown-out conditions. at night when there's little to no ambient light from the moon. >> reporter: the military trains its pilots to fly in those brown-out conditions. when the dust kicks up so much, they're virtually blind. >> you have to pick something out on the ground. something you know that's not going to move so you can keep your eyes on it when the dust starts blowing. you know it's not going to move.
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