Watching this is professionally painful. The Muzzies have been getting SA-7s from North Korea and Iran as of late and has made going high a dangerous proposition.
Sea Knight gets shot down
From my perspective, the pilot enters autorotation about a minute too late which allows the aircraft to be fully engulfed in flames by the time they are about to land. I don't know what was below them that they couldn't land to initially, unless the pilot was attempting to see if the CH-46 was still flyable, but the delay causes the bird to burn completely.
Nasty things, shoulder fired missles. It was always a concern of mine when I was flying in the military.
Totem