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How Australian Super Hornet discovered secret ISIS cave... deaths of more than 100 jihadist
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 26th November 2014

Posted on 12/01/2014 1:04:58 PM PST by naturalman1975

The discovery of a 'hidden network of caves and bunkers' occupied by the Islamic State in northern Iraq, by an Australian military plane, has led to an enormous airstrike and the death of over 100 terrorist fighters.

Vice-Admiral David Johnston, the chief of joint operations at the Department of Defence, revealed details of the successful multi-national airstrike during an operational update in Canberra on Tuesday.

He said that an Australian F-18 Super Hornet military plane, fitted with regular and heat-seeking night cameras, located the concealed bunkers and tunnels in a hillside at Kirkuk while monitoring movements on the mountain during the last week.

'Within days a subsequent multi-national airstrike involving 20 aircraft attacked 44 targets, complimented by a large-scale ground operation that was led by the Kurdish security forces, that rapidly entered that area, cleared it of the remaining ISIL militants, and with some reporting indicating that over 100 ISIL fighters were killed in those clearance operations,' Vice-Admiral Johnston said.

Another recent airstrike that was led by an Australian crew led to the 'severe damage' of a major improvised explosive device factory in Mosul.

Australian forces have also had an important role in the Iraqi government recapturing control of an oil refinery in Baji that, according to Vice-Admiral Johnston, has allowed them to better fund their own defences through the daily $13 million worth of revenue it produces.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Scrambler Bob

Max useful load for the A6 appears to be in excess of 30,000 lb, which would have been split between ordnance and external fuel.


21 posted on 12/01/2014 1:43:29 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: naturalman1975
Good on the Aussies....


22 posted on 12/01/2014 1:50:01 PM PST by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: elhombrelibre

Put another shrimp on the Barbi!


23 posted on 12/01/2014 1:52:02 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: denydenydeny

Excellent idea!


24 posted on 12/01/2014 1:59:58 PM PST by navyguy (The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
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To: denydenydeny

Very Good. Thank you


25 posted on 12/01/2014 2:14:33 PM PST by IndyPatriot
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To: naturalman1975

God bless the Aussies....I would move there...maybe Tasmania, or New Zealand... if i could.


26 posted on 12/01/2014 2:14:52 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

There’s a reason the Navy nick-named them “lawn-darts”, and its not the shape.


27 posted on 12/01/2014 2:18:17 PM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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To: Kackikat
Ever been there?

People are great ... I'm sure they have their share of jerks, but I never met one.

OTOH, you might find that they have created for themselves more of a nanny-state than you would like.

28 posted on 12/01/2014 2:21:38 PM PST by NorthMountain
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To: naturalman1975
He said that an Australian F-18 Super Hornet military plane, fitted with regular and heat-seeking night cameras, located the concealed bunkers and tunnels in a hillside at Kirkuk while monitoring movements on the mountain during the last week.

Who am I to second-guess the military authorities revealing this info, but I would have preferred to see something like, "an Australian F-18 Super Hornet military plane located the concealed bunkers and tunnels in a hillside at Kirkuk through information provided by persons close to reputed ISIS sheet-head military commander Mohammed Abu Porkshtupper..."

The resultant circle-jerk would be fun to witness (that is, if you're not someone close to Mohammed Abu Porkshtupper's former inner circle).

29 posted on 12/01/2014 2:25:17 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: naturalman1975

I wish the Daily Mail would put a “PRINT” icon on their articles so we could copy them without having to heavily edit millions of pages of useless ads and other stuff.

They don’t call the Aussies “Diggers” for nothing, as ISIS just found out. They didn’t screw around with the VC/NVA in Nam and they’re not doing it in Iraq (Obama take note, you cowardly POS).


30 posted on 12/01/2014 2:29:13 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: naturalman1975
By comparison, WWII bombers were pretty inaccurate:

With less than 5/10ths cloud coverage an average B-17 Group could be expected to place 32.4% of its bombs within 1000 feet of the aiming point when aiming visually.

The average B-24 Group under the same conditions could be expected to place 30.4% of its bombs within 1000 feet of the aiming point. SOURCE

These guys don't bother to try to hit a factory building - they pick a single window.

31 posted on 12/01/2014 2:29:24 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: NorthMountain

Never been to Tasmania or New Zealand, but I was getting ready to go to Australia when my son’s wife got pregnant, so guess who won out??? I stayed.

I still wish I had taken the plunge in one way....
I’m sure a Nanny state would not be pleasing, but that is where we are. I like that they are so strick on immigration of Terrorists and Muslims...and most of the blacks there are from UK or around the world, and not into this protesting against whites or wanting race reparations from the Civil War.


32 posted on 12/01/2014 2:29:28 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: naturalman1975

Plus an F-18 pilot is back at base playing video games in the time it would take a squadron of the old prop planes to get over target.


33 posted on 12/01/2014 2:59:36 PM PST by lurk
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To: yarddog

You mean these 1000+ raids?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3214455/posts


34 posted on 12/01/2014 3:00:30 PM PST by Rennes Templar (2016 Dem POTUS front runner: Monica Lewinsky's ex boyfriend's wife.)
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To: elhombrelibre
Exactly.
"A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single stride". Every loss of 100 jihadists damages their morale badly, too.
35 posted on 12/01/2014 3:25:17 PM PST by expat2
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To: SeekAndFind
"100 down, 29,900 more to go....

Good work by all involved. Aussies are true warriors.

Of course at a rumored million dollars per weapon expended, me thinks we might run out of money before they run out of terrorists. s/

36 posted on 12/01/2014 3:32:04 PM PST by buckalfa (Long time caller --- first time listener.)
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To: Lurker

Peek a Boom


37 posted on 12/01/2014 3:42:51 PM PST by slapshot (Z)
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To: G Larry
Timeless design.. Simply beautiful!


38 posted on 12/01/2014 3:54:56 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: yarddog

Not only that, analysis photographs taken at the time showed that only about 5% of the bombs landed within ten miles of the target. We really blew up a lot of farmer’s fields.


39 posted on 12/01/2014 4:19:37 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: naturalman1975

Some good news!


40 posted on 12/01/2014 4:50:10 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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