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Coalition aircraft targeted

February 11, 1999

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, TURKEY -- Between approximately 12:15 and 12:30 p.m. Iraqi time, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flight observed Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery fire and was also illuminated by an Iraqi radar system near Mosul. Acting in self-defense, one F-15E dropped four GBU-12s on an Iraqi surface-to-air missile communications site.   Two F-15Es launched an AGM-130 and dropped four GBU-12s on an Iraqi surface-to-air missile system which posed a threat to coalition forces.

Shortly after 1:30 p.m. Iraqi time today, U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft again responded in self defense after being targeted by Iraqi radar in three separate incidents.

At 1:32 p.m. Iraqi time, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle dropped GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an Iraqi surface-to-air missile site, which posed a threat to coalition forces west of Mosul. Two minutes later, a U.S. Air Force F-16CJ Fighting Falcon launched an AGM-88 high-speed antiradiation missile at an Iraqi radar site northwest of Mosul. Close to 1:38 p.m. Iraqi time, a U.S. Air Force F-15E dropped GBU-12s on a surface-to-air missile communications site east of Mosul.  

The aircraft were conducting routine enforcement of the Northern no-fly zone in Iraq.

There was no damage to U.S. aircraft and no injuries to U.S. personnel.

Damage to Iraqi forces is currently being assessed.

Coalition forces assigned to Operation Northern Watch (ONW) will continue to enforce the northern no-fly zone.