The type of helicopter is not revealed.[38][39] 27 March – An Iraqi military Mil Mi-17 helicopter is shot down during heavy fighting in northern Basra.[40] 4 March – An Iraqi military Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in a sandstorm south of Baiji (about 90 miles (140 km) south of Mosul in northern Iraq), killing an American airman and seven other people.[41][42][43]