U.S. asymmetric edge in Afghanistan: air power?
lc
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/militarywatch/2008/06/post_43.html
June 18, 2008
Airstrikes in Afghanistan by U.S. and coalition strike fighters and
bombers -- like this F-14E tanking from a KC-135 tanker over
Afghanistan --have gone up dramatically over the past few days with
the upsurge in fighting around Kandahar. (USAF Photo)
U.S., British and French fighters, flying out of Kandahar Airfield
(KAF) almost within eyesight of the Taliban offensive, together with
allied aircraft flying out of Bagram air base, flew 61 close air
support missions yesterday, according to CENTAF, the air headquarters
in the region.
What caught my eye, though, was that the strikes were spread out
across all of southern and eastern Afghanistan -- not focused on
Kandahar, which has been getting all the press attention.
Allied planes hit targets in Shinkay, about 140 miles northeast of
Kandahar, in Musa Qal'eh, in northern Helmand Province, and around
Kowst and Orgun-E along eastern Afghanistan's border with Pakistan.
Air strikes were directed against insurgents in Kabul and as far north
as Bari Kowt, in Kunar Province along the northeast border with
Pakistan.
All this suggests a broader and hotter war than news dispatches can
detail.
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US policy doesn't include "detail" of civilian death and injury.
Children and elderly not counted.
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Rudy Canoza
> U.S. asymmetric edge in Afghanistan: air power?http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/militarywatch/2008/06/post_43.html
> June 18, 2008
>
> Airstrikes in Afghanistan by U.S. and coalition strike fighters and
> bombers -- like this F-14E tanking from a KC-135 tanker over
> Afghanistan --have gone up dramatically over the past few days with
> the upsurge in fighting around Kandahar. (USAF Photo)
Show us something current - the F-14 was retired from service almost
two years ago.
lc
> two years ago.
Yo Rudy, It must be one of those librul conspirators. You set 'em
straight... There is a comment @ the end
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/militarywatch/2008/06/post_43.html
"-- like this F-14E tanking from a KC-135 tanker over Afghanistan --"
His name is:
David Wood, national security correspondent for The Sun, has reported
on war and conflict from around the world since 1977. He recently won
the Headliner Award for his Iraq coverage.
You tell him, bro. Maybe he made a typo and would appreciate knowing.
June 17 airpower summary: F-15Es deter enemy activities
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123103291
"An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft waits for his wingman after
receiving fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a mission over
Afghanistan. F-15E is deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath,
England."