People are missing that the helicopter was called in by ground forces who were getting fired upon. This is from the unedited video at 15:23: "Bushmaster to all

People are missing that the helicopter was called in by ground forces who were getting fired upon. This is from the unedited video at 15:23: "Bushmaster to all elements: Which element called in Crazyhorse to engage the eight man team on top of the route?" "Bushmaster six, this is hotel-two-six, I believe that was me. They had AK-47s and were to our east, where we were taking small arms fire. Over." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik Looks like the helicopter wasn't flying around and saw a group randomly - it was called into a combat region to support ground troops under fire. Still a bad situation, but a bit different than it's being made out.