Key Point in this is "Tactics".....Sufficient Air Lift should have been provided to land the Ground Force in a single wave....thus making the absolute best use of that "speed" that is so bragged about.
If an RPG had found its target.....this would have been a very much different story I can assure you.
When the Chinook got shot down killing all aboard, including so many SEAL's, it had no Gun Cover and was responding to a unit in contact with a far superior enemy force.
I believe you will find the significant difference in those two events was the presence of Attack Helicopters and other assets to prevent/counter enemy forces and ground fire directed at the Landing Aircraft.
Last edited by SASless; 3rd Jul 2013 at 18:27.