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| FALLUJAH-RAMADI NOV. 5 OPERATIONS UPDATE | |
| 2004-11-05 | |
| FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Iraqi Security Forces and the I Marine Expeditionary Force continue to degrade and disrupt anti-Iraqi forces in the Fallujah-Ramadi area. I Marine Expeditionary Force employed U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force air power to deliver precision munitions to destroy preplanned targets in Fallujah. Nov. 4, I Marine Expeditionary Force conducted coordinated offensive operations in and around the Fallujah-Ramadi area, destroying a command post, insurgent positions, fortified barriers and a weapons cache. At 4:40 p.m., Nov. 4, a U.S. Air Force aircraft, supporting a U.S. Marine Corps element, destroyed two buildings being fortified by armed insurgents in the southeastern part of the city as part of a preplanned target. At 8:25 p.m., Nov. 4, a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, supporting a U.S. Marine Corps element, destroyed barriers used to fortify an area in the southeast part of the city. This strike was also preplanned. At 8:55 p.m., Nov. 4, a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, supporting a U.S. Marine Corps element, destroyed another preplanned target -- an IED-laden offensive position in the southeast part of the city. Secondary explosions were observed. At 10:40 p.m., a U.S. Air Force aircraft, supporting a U.S. Marine Corps element, destroyed barricaded fighting positions in the northern part of the city as a preplanned target. Then, at 1:10 a.m. Nov. 5, U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, supporting a U.S. Marine Corps element, used precision munitions to destroy a known weapons cache. It was a preplanned target. Since Monday, Nov. 1, Multi-National Forces-West personnel have recovered and destroyed 129 mortars, 42 artillery shells, 38 Rocket-Propelled Grenades, 12 rockets, seven mines, 126 detonators, 350 electronic timers, 16 blasting caps, 14 grenades, three sticks of dynamite, eight AK-47s and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 The AF brass can be such short-sighted and self-defeating weenies. Because since they're human, they like pretty. The A-10 was not pretty; it's effective, deadly, and durable. I'll pick those three over pretty any day. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-05 4:31:52 PM |
| #3 Hell, these fools are so far behind the military curve they still think in 2 dimensions. I would like to see A-10's added to the mix in the Sunni Triangle opns. Their low 'n slow capability added to the fact that they can take the ground fire make them ideal. Who says they're only tank killers? Like bullet-proof Sandies, heh. Man I loved those guys! The AF brass can be such short-sighted and self-defeating weenies. Old AF hands like OP and others here could flesh this out... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-05 4:07:20 PM |
| #2 Kinda hard to set up fortifications that can't be seen by a spy drone, huh guys? |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-11-05 3:58:00 PM |
| #1 Also notice the joint, joint, joint operations. Will the Air Force reconsider putting the A-10 in Davis-Monthan before there is a replacement? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-11-05 10:37:52 AM |