"US Heavy Bombers Carry Out More Strikes In Iraq" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Sep 2014 12:40 p.m. PST |
"US heavy bombers – probably Rockwell B-1B Lancers – have carried out a second series of airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq. The bombers' participation was revealed by a 7 September US Central Command (CENTCOM) statement, which said the air operation had targeted Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL) forces around Al-Hadithah Dam, aimed at preventing then seizing the dam and flooding government-controlled areas downstream. The dam operation – the first US airstrikes in the western province of Al-Anbar since the start of the current crisis – is a signal that the US is increasingly willing to employ air power to support Iraqi government forces, as well as the Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State further to the north…"
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| Great War Ace | 09 Sep 2014 3:05 p.m. PST |
Heavy. Let's hope the surrounding ground is up to it, or else irony could set in…. |
 Legion 4  | 09 Sep 2014 4:47 p.m. PST |
The CAS seems to be having some effect … |
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