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| Afghanistan |
| Air Action in Afghanistan |
| 2007-04-14 |
| (Some) operations April 13: In Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles received notice that Coalition forces were taking mortar and small arms fire while trying to make their way to the District Center of Now Zad. A Joint Terminal Attack Controller passed coordinates for a building used as an enemy fighting position and the F-15Es dropped a Guided Bomb Unit-38 on the target. The JTAC confirmed the building was destroyed. Another GBU-38 was dropped successfully on a second target at the request of the Coalition ground commander. Gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. The F-15Es were then assigned to make strafing passes into a wooded area that was a known enemy firing position and where enemy forces were attempting to maneuver around Coalition forces. After the jets strafed the wooded area, anti-aircraft artillery was heard. AAA? Should be kind of hard to hide. And highly desirable to destroy. Kind of the ideal target. Surprisingly, it was not discussed further in the press release. Maybe tomorrow? |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #4 the A10's were tied up doing high-altitude bombing runs :-( B=1s will pick up the slack and trim some beards. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-04-14 22:35 |
| #3 the A10's were tied up doing high-altitude bombing runs :-( |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-04-14 22:08 |
| #2 Ship...I've got no such compunction. The only good terrorist is a dead one. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-04-14 22:07 |
| #1 The F-15Es were then assigned to make strafing passes Don't know whether to laugh or cry. I'll laugh. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-14 21:13 |