Posted on 07/20/2006 7:57:08 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
BAQUBAH – A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter, providing nontraditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to Coalition ground forces, killed a member of an improvised explosive device cell and identified an IED emplacement Wednesday near Baqubah, U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials reported.
The F-16 identified three possible IED emplacers and passed the information to ground forces. Ground unit personnel positively identified the terrorists and requested the F-16 engage the hostile forces. The F-16 strafed the terrorists, killing one and ending the engagement.
Coalition aircraft, operationally controlled by U.S. Central Command Air Forces from Southwest Asia bases, provide a constant air umbrella over Iraq, providing for the safety and security of the Iraqi people and coalition ground forces, officials said.
"Our message is clear to those who continue to harm innocent civilians and attack coalition forces: if terrorists continue their activities, we will identify, track and take appropriate action to stop them," said Air Force Brig. Gen. Anthony Haynes, Combined Air Operations Center director. "More than 30,000 deployed airmen are hard at work, in the air and on the ground, in both Iraq and Afghanistan, striving to improve the safety and quality of life for local citizens," he said.
(From a U.S. Central Command Air Forces Forward news release.)
Last Updated ( Thursday, 20 July 2006 )
This ain't the Navy, this would be an Air Force F-16.
Single engine.
Single tail.
Single "vertical stabilzer"......
that contains ONE - single....rudder.
I fully realize the Navy needs more of everything.
But that would be a Navy issue, wouldn't it?
:-)
LOL
Rapid fire BB gun.
Gosh....I didn't know the F-16 could do that all by itself!? The way this article reads...the jet did this without a pilot. I guess the writer assumes that guns shoot without human assistance, as well. :)
I like the Original Army Air Corps version better.
A copy may be nice, but it is still a copy.
"In Viet Nam the Phantoms and F105's used to dive vertically on SAM sites from high altitude, firing the 20mm Gatling gun on high rate, 100 rounds per second, and saturate the site with explosive rain."
*grin* - It's our job to break stuff and blow shit up.
Maybe it was made out of a recycled SUV!!!
SUVs--- mechanical pitbulls for the new moelinium!
Barely enough to be able to see. Here's a good one: "I got numerous individuals on the road...Do you want me to take those out?"
Could be! lol
Thank you... the honor was all mine!
Good picture.
There's also an infrared film of a C-130 gunship working out on some Taliban a few years back. Scary as anything! Those gunships are completely unbelievable.
I've seen this one. Damn good! No more jihadi meetings for you guys!
Oh yes. After the original target was hit, the AC-130 was going around and picking off all the straglers that were running. Unbelievable!
If you look on the fuselage, on the starbord side just aft (I think) of the cockpit, you'll see the blister. It's a 20mm electric gatling gun, IIRC.
Correction: port side, adjacent to the cockpit.
Heheh the terrorist was in pieces before he heard the Falcon, the ultimate example of "death from above"
That's the coolest thing I've heard in a long time
I'm reminded of the Loony Tunes cartoon once that showed a character, after being shot at said, "nyah - you missed me!" He then drinks a glass of water and proceeds to leak like a lawn sprinkler.
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