NEWS
February again provides busy month for ONWRELEASED: Feb. 19, 1999
by Senior Airman Adam Stump
Operation Northern Watch Public Affairs
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- February has again provided another busy month for people and aircraft assigned to Operation Northern Watch. The total number of days with incidents since Dec. 28 through
Feb. 17 has risen to 16, with a total of 87 weapons dropped or fired.Here is a breakdown of incidents during February:
Feb. 15
At approximately 11:20 a.m. Iraqi time, a flight of two F-15Es enforcing the Northern no-fly zone over Iraq today were fired upon by an anti-aircraft artillery site north of Mosul. In response to this hostile act, one of the F-15Es dropped a GBU-12 on the AAA site.
Also, at approximately 12:26 p.m. Iraqi time, a Marine Corps EA-6B launched a high-speed antiradiation missile (HARM) in self defense at a radar site that had targeted the aircraft.
Feb. 12
At approximately 1:30 p.m. Iraqi time, an F-15E enforcing the Northern no-fly zone over Iraq was fired upon by an anti-aircraft artillery site north of Mosul. The F-15E dropped one GBU-12 in response to this hostile act.
Feb. 11
Between approximately 12:15 and 12:30 p.m. Iraqi time, an 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.
At 1:32 p.m. Iraqi time, an F-15E Strike Eagle dropped GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an Iraqi surface-to-air missile site west of Mosul. Two minutes later, an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon launched a HARM 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.
Feb. 2
At 2:20 p.m. Iraqi time, two F-15E Strike Eagles dropped two GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an anti-aircraft artillery battery in response to being targeted by Iraqi radar near Mosul.
In a separate incident approximately 15 minutes later, two additional F-15Es, also responding after being targeted by Iraqi radar, dropped GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on the same anti-aircraft artillery site.
In a third incident at approximately 3:15 p.m. Iraqi time, an EA-6B launched a HARM at an SA-2 radar site.
In a fourth incident at approximately 3:20 p.m. Iraqi time, F-15Es dropped GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an anti-aircraft artillery site.
Finally, in a fifth incident which occurred at approximately 3:30 p.m. Iraqi time, F-15Es dropped GBU-12s on another anti-aircraft artillery site.
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