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  • Balad F-16s destroy terrorist training camp

    07/28/2007 1:09:19 PM PDT · by SandRat · 25 replies · 889+ views
    Air Force Link ^ | Maj. Robert Couse-Baker
    7/27/2007 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing here destroyed an al-Qaida training camp southwest of Baghdad July 21. In a coordinated attack, joint air terminal controllers on the ground cleared seven F-16s to drop 500-pound and 1,000-pound guided bombs on the terror complex near Karbala. The precision-guided weapons destroyed the target, degrading al-Qaida's ability to mount attacks on the Iraqi government, coalition forces and innocent civilians. The destruction of the terrorist facility is part of aggressive and comprehensive operations to hunt down, capture or kill terrorists trying to prevent a...
  • Afghan, Coalition Forces Destroy Terrorist Compound

    10/16/2006 4:48:57 PM PDT · by SandRat · 4 replies · 448+ views
    KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2006 – An Afghan and coalition force destroyed a roadside-bomb-making cell today at a compound in Ghazni province, killing three terrorists and destroying the compound with precision air strikes, military officials here reported. When the combined force attempted to peacefully search the compound and ask residents to come out for questioning, enemy personnel inside the compound began firing and wounded one coalition solider. The combined force called in close-air support and killed three suspects in the engagement. Officials provided no information on the nationality or condition of the wounded coalition soldier. During the engagement, a weapons...