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| Iraq |
| Inter-service Communication at Work |
| 2006-07-17 |
| AIRMEN, MND-B SOLDIERS THWART TERRORISTS EMPLACING IED BAGHDAD – The combined efforts of U.S. Air Force Airmen and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers foiled the efforts of terrorists attempting to emplace an improvised-explosive device Monday south of Baghdad. Airmen from the 11th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron’s Joint Terminal Attack Controller unit notified Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 67th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, of reports from their F-15E Eagle pilots of four men digging beside a road. The Soldiers moved to investigate the report and, upon arrival, saw the four suspects flee the area in a van. The F-15E pilots departed the area to refuel and handed the operation over to an F-16 Falcon aircrew, who followed the suspects’ movements from the sky and spotted them abandoning their vehicle. ROE need tweeking - missile release called for here. The pilots continued to relay the information to the JTAC on the ground. The JTAC was able to lead the Soldiers on the ground to the vehicle, where they discovered four 152mm rounds and detonation cord. |
| Posted by:glenmore |
| #5 A lot of times bomb planters are tracked back to their hideout and arrested in order to get the bomb maker and financier. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-17 20:49 |
| #4 The ROE are always slanted on the side of caution which is probably correct when you think what a mess a 2000lb JDAM can do to a fluffy duck. In this case however perhaps "inter-service communication" could of continued in the form of an army UAV finding out where these fuckers went. |
| Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-07-17 19:54 |
| #3 They probably didn't smoke 'em because they could not be positive it wasn't a band on the way home from playing at a wedding. It is my understanding that they have to have positive ID on a target before hitting it with bombs, missiles, or artillery, and that's tough to do from an F-16. |
| Posted by: glenmore 2006-07-17 15:37 |
| #2 Didn't say where the van was abandoned, or where it was first seen. Might have been a lot of civilians close by. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-07-17 15:20 |
| #1 So why didn't they smoke em? |
| Posted by: Unailing Snomoper3176 2006-07-17 14:49 |