Air Strikes in SWA

Air Strikes in SWA

Dec. 20, 2005

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US Air Force F-16s conducted a pre-planned air strike in the vicinity of Tall Afar, Iraq, on Dec. 18—expending precision-guided munitions against a cave being used by Iraqi insurgents.

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