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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.)
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 ...
The initial strikes were carried out by AGM-86 ALCM cruise missiles launched by B-52 Stratofortress bombers, [7] Tomahawk cruise missiles [8] launched from U.S. Navy warships situated in the Persian Gulf, by F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft [8] with an armament of laser-guided smart bombs, [8] and by F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft as well as ...
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
The facility was targeted and subsequently obliterated by B-1B bombers. [4] In Iraq, a funeral was held in Baghdad for 17 militiamen killed by the airstrikes on 4 February, with crowds chanting "America is the greatest devil" and holding pictures of the victims besides the ambulances transporting their remains. [8]
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."
During the day, B-52 bombers continued carpet bombing the Chu Pong-Ia Drang complex. [ 98 ] On 22 November, at 11:00H, the 2nd Battalion and the 7th Battalion were helilifted to the assembly area where the 3rd, 5th and 6th Battalions closed in at 13:50H.