Posted on 07/19/2006 3:51:08 PM PDT by SandRat
SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 19, 2006 – 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 yesterday near Baqubah, Iraq, U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials reported today. 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.)
hehehehehehehe
HOOAH!
You can run, but you can't hide. Sounds like terrorist is getting to be an endangered species in Iraq.
arrrrrrggggg!!!! Don't say that!
The ding-a-lings over on the left may start claiming that the U.S. E.S.A. applies to the Islamofascists.
Good News! However, we must be
on guard against the NYT divulging
HOW this was accomplished, WHAT
secret mechanism was installed on
that F-16, and WHERE ELSE the
technique may be utilized!
After all, it is the duty of the
NYT to protect American citizens'
best interests by informing the
world of tactics our military forces
engage in!
The F-16 has become one of the great planes in aviation history.
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