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| CENTAF airpower summary for Oct. 30 |
| 2006-10-31 |
| U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 30. In Afghanistan Oct. 29, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs provided close-air support for International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, troops in contact with Taliban extremists near Kajah Ulva. The A-10s expended cannon rounds, a guided bomb unit-12 and a general-purpose 500-pound bomb on enemy positions. An Air Force B1-B Lancer provided close-air support to ISAF troops in contact with enemy forces near Shami Kabol. In total, 34 close-air-support missions were flown in support of ISAF and Afghan troops, reconstruction activities and route patrols. Additionally, 10 Air Force and Royal Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR, aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Afghanistan. In Iraq , Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons provided close-air support to troops in contact with anti-Iraqi forces near Baghdad. Royal Air Force GR-4 Tornados provided close-air support to troops in contact with anti-Iraqi forces near Al Mansuriyah. In total, coalition aircraft flew 36 close-air-support missions for Operation Iraqi Freedom. These missions included support to coalition troops, infrastructure protection, reconstruction activities and operations to deter and disrupt terrorist activities. Additionally, 13 Air Force and Navy ISR aircraft flew missions in support of operations in Iraq. Air Force C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster IIIs provided intra-theater heavy airlift support, helping sustain operations throughout Afghanistan , Iraq and the Horn of Africa. They flew about 140 airlift sorties, delivered more than 400 tons of cargo and transpotred more than 3,700 passengers. This included about 12,000 pounds of troop re-supply air-dropped in eastern Afghanistan . Coalition C-130 crews from Australia , Canada and Korea flew in support of OIF or OEF. On Oct. 28, U.S. Air Force, Royal Air Force, Singaporean and French tankers flew 33 sorties and off-loaded more than 2.2 million pounds of fuel. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #1 Too bad Fred can't make this a daily feature. The very neat thing about the summary is that it identifies places where fighting is goin on before Central Command can get around to issuing a press release. If they ever do. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2006-10-31 10:53 |