Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Coalition aircraft return fire

Released: 28 Jan 1999

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AFPN) -- Coalition aircraft have returned fire against an Iraqi ground site.

At about 3:45 p.m. Iraqi time Jan. 28, two F-15E Strike Eagle pilots conducting routine enforcement of the northern no-fly zone observed fire by an anti-aircraft artillery site north of Mosul. In self-defense, the two F-15E's dropped a total of three GBU-12s on the anti-aircraft artillery site.

Damage is currently being assessed.