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Operation Senior Surprise, also known as Secret Squirrel, [1] was a long range B-52G Stratofortress cruise missile strike against Iraqi targets that initiated the bombing campaign during Desert Storm. [2] (It was given the unofficial nickname 'Operation Secret Squirrel' by the B-52 crews.)
Russia – According to Russia's Ministry of Defense, "Absurd statements of the Pentagon representatives [that "ISIS is smuggling civilians into buildings"] justifying civil casualties caused by American bombing in Iraq give more information on the operation planning level and the alleged supremacy of the American "smart" bombs."
The battle situation on 17 January 2017 The coalition bomb an ISIL-held building near Mosul on 18 January 2017. On 17 January, the CTS was in complete control of Shurta and Andalus, as well as the al-Muhandiseen district, and pushed into the Eastern Nineveh and Souq al-Ghanam districts. The CTS later captured the Nineveh al-Sharqiya, Bab-Shams ...
The US military struck ISIS targets in Syria on Sunday as rebel groups toppled the government. ... Centcom said it used US Air Force B-52 bombers, F-15 fighter jets, and A-10 attack aircraft to ...
The first carpet bombing from air in history was the Bombing of Barcelona. 1,300 people were killed in 3 days, March 16–18, 1938 On 14 May 1940 at 1:22 pm, in the Rotterdam Blitz, German bombers set the entire inner city on fire with incendiary bombs, killing 814 inhabitants Wesel was 97% destroyed before it was finally taken by Allied troops in 1945
New York subway bombing In December 2017, four people were injured after a pipe bomb partially detonated in the New York City Subway system. The attack by Akayed Ullah was described as an ...
Staff Sgt. Dakeeja Nelson, left, and Senior Airman Veruca Plott, right, check that a precision 500 pound bomb has been properly loaded on the underwing bomb rack of a B-52H. - Oren Liebermann/CNN
The B-52G entered service on 13 February 1959 (a day earlier, the last B-36 was retired, making SAC an all-jet bomber force). 193 B-52Gs were produced, making this the most produced B-52 variant. Most B-52Gs were destroyed in compliance with the 1992 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ; the last B-52G, number 58-224, was dismantled under New START ...