record Is it the largest US mil single loss of life since the Beirut barracks bombing 93 137 145 142 i believe there was a non hostile helicopter crash in Iraq in early 06 that killed 31 i do believe it is the single largest hostile loss of life for our military since Beirut though User 24 45 235 158 2 25 7 August 2011 There has been no indication that this helicopter was an aviation asset of the 160th SOAR