Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
More Coalition aircraft targeted
Operation Northern Watch
31 January 1999
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, TURKEY -- In addition to an incident earlier today, Operation Northern Watch coalition aircraft, while conducting routine enforcement of the Northern no-fly zone, were again targeted several times by Iraqi radars and anti-aircraft
artillery near Mosul.
A second incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Iraqi time. A group of U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles acting in self defense after being targeted, dropped two GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an Iraqi Skyguard surface-to-air missile site.
In a third incident at about the same time, F-15Es acting in self defense dropped two GBU-12 precision-guided munitions on an anti-aircraft artillery system and its associated radar which threatened coalition aircraft.
The fourth incident occurred close to 3:30 p.m. Iraqi time, when F-15Es acting in self-defense dropped GBU-12s on another anti-aircraft artillery site.
In a fifth incident at approximately 4:30 p.m. Iraqi time, a U.S. Marine EA-6B Prowler fired a high-speed antiradiation missile in response to being targeted by a radar-guided anti-aircraft artillery system.
Finally in the sixth incident a minute later, F-15Es responded defensively by dropping GBU-12s on a separate anti-aircraft artillery site.
Damage to Iraqi forces is currently being assessed.
Forces assigned to Operation Northern Watch will continue to enforce the Northern no-fly zone.
Coalition forces assigned to Operation Northern Watch (ONW) continue to enforce the northern no-fly zone.
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