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Balad F-16s destroy terrorist training camp |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 28 July 2007 |
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.
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Pilots Save Wounded Soldier with Unorthodox Evacuation |
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Saturday, 28 July 2007 |
LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, Iraq (Army News Service, July 25,
2007) - Two pilots flying their last combat mission risked their lives
in an unorthodox casualty evacuation to transport a critically-wounded
Soldier in Ramadi June 30.
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kevin Purtee and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Allen
Crist, from Company B, 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (Attack),
36th Combat Aviation Brigade, delivered the Soldier of Company A, 1st
Battalion, 77th Armor, to prompt medical care. The Soldier had been
shot in the face and the arm during a battle near Donkey Island.
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July 19 airpower summary: A-10s pack mighty punch |
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Sunday, 22 July 2007 |
7/20/2007 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Coalition
airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International
Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations July
19, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials
here.
In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer provided a show of force with
flares over enemy positions in Bermal to gather location information
about insurgents in the area.
French Mirage 2000s dropped guided bomb unit-12s on an insurgent mortar
position in Garmsir. The on-scene joint terminal attack controller
reported the weapons destroyed the target.
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Naval Safety Center Unveils New Products |
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Sunday, 22 July 2007 |
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By April Phillips, Naval Safety Center Public Affairs
NORFOLK,
Va (NNS) -- In an effort to keep risk management in the forefront for
Sailors and Marines both on- and off-duty, the Naval Safety Center
(NSC) released a magazine highlighting the time critical elements of
Operational Risk Management (ORM).
ORM fundamentals can make a real difference in preventing mishaps and saving Sailor's and Marine's lives.
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Early Troop Withdrawal Would Leave Iraq More Violent, General Says |
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 10, 2007) - Iraqi security forces
are not yet ready to secure their country, and if U.S. troops were
withdrawn too soon, violence would escalate, a top U.S. commander in
the region said Sunday.
"It would be a mess," Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of coalition
forces operating in the region south of Baghdad, said in an interview
on CNN's "Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer."
"(If) those surge forces go away, that capability goes away, and the
Iraqi security forces aren't ready yet to do that. If you did that, ...
you'd find the enemy regaining ground, reestablishing sanctuary,
building more (improvised explosive devices), carrying those IEDs in
Baghdad, and the violence would escalate," Maj. Gen. Lynch said.
Despite the recent spike in violence in the region, the troop surge is having an effect in his region, Maj. Gen. Lynch said.
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