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Airstrike II (shown on the box cover, but not the title screen, as Airstrike 2) is a horizontally scrolling shooter written by Steven A. Riding and published by English Software for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. [2] Airstrike II is a successor to the 1982 Airstrike which was also programmed by Riding.
Zarqawi was tracked to a farmhouse in the village Hibhib northeast of Baquba on 7 June 2006, A squadron Delta Force in Baghdad prepared to attack Zarqawi's safe house but one MH-6 Little Bird engines lost power and would not restart, so JSOC called in an airstrike by an F-16C that wounded Zarqawi. US forces nearby found Zarqawi alive but ...
Operation Instant Thunder was the preliminary name given to a planned air strike by the United States during the Gulf War. [1] it was planned to be an overwhelming Aerial Strike which would devastate the Iraqi military with a minimum loss of civilian as well as American life. [2] [3]
The Package Q Airstrike was the largest airstrike of the Gulf War and the largest strike of F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft in military history. Many aircraft, including the F-117 Nighthawk , were used to attack targets in Baghdad , which was the most heavily defended area of Iraq .
Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.. List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
High altitude carpet-bombing with much smaller 500-to-2,000-pound (230 to 910 kg) bombs delivered via heavy bombers such as the B-52, B-2, or the B-1 is also highly effective at covering large areas. [10] The MOAB is designed to be used against a specific target, and cannot by itself replicate the effects of a typical heavy bomber mission.
Two Israeli airstrikes in the West Bank killed nine Palestinian militants on Saturday, Israel's army said, as violence flared again in the Israeli-occupied territory with tensions high over the ...
The Battle for Jalibah Airfield took place when the U.S. 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division successfully attacked and captured the heavily defended Jalibah Southeast Air Base military airfield in Iraq, located 80 miles west of Basra, on February 27, 1991 during the Gulf War.