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Subject: Attack on a Taliban BMP Gives you an idea how close the Army is to the bad guys. This was just sent to me by a friend on the USS John C. Stennis. He was the strike element lead on this attack, and received these pictures as a "thank you" from the U S Army controllers on the ground. It is an excellent example of a joint, combined arms operation. A Taliban/ al-Qaida armored vehicle (ex-Russian BMP) with troops embarked and riding on top is targeted by forward air controllers (FAC's) of the US Army, Special Operations Group. A flight of two Navy F-14 Tomcats are called in by the Army FAC's and strike the vehicle nearly simultaneously with GBU-16 laser guided bombs. As a bonus, there is a nice secondary explosion in the middle of the road, towards the end of the set. ACTUAL FILE FOOTAGE US ARMY DECEMBER 10, 2001. 0730

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Subject: Attack on a Taliban BMP

• Gives you an idea how close the Army is to the bad guys.

• This was just sent to me by a friend on the USS John C. Stennis. • He was the strike element lead on this attack, and received these• pictures as a "thank you" from the U S Army controllers on the ground. It• is an excellent example of a joint, combined arms operation.

• A Taliban/ al-Qaida armored vehicle (ex-Russian BMP) with troops embarked and riding on top is targeted by forward air controllers (FAC's) of the US Army, Special Operations Group. A flight of two Navy F-14 Tomcats are called in by the Army FAC's and strike the vehicle nearly simultaneously with GBU-16 laser guided bombs.

• As a bonus, there is a nice secondary explosion in the middle of the road, towards the end of the set.

• ACTUAL FILE FOOTAGE US ARMY DECEMBER 10, 2001. 0730

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