Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS,
UNITED STATES
CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla.
33621-5101
Phone: (813) 828-5894; FAX: (813) 840-5629; DSN 968-5894
March 11 2000
RELEASE NUMBER: 03-01-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE IRAQI MILITARY TARGETS IN THE SOUTH
MACDILL AFB, FL - At approximately 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time today,
U.S. Air Force F-16 "Fighting Falcon," U.S. Navy F/A-18 "Hornet" and F-14
"Tomcat," and British Royal Air Force GR-1 "Tornado" aircraft enforcing the
Southern No-Fly Zone used precision-guided munitions to strike Iraqi military
anti-aircraft artillery batteries in southern Iraq.
All coalition
aircraft have returned safely and battle damage assessment is
ongoing.
The coalition strikes came in response to several
surface-to-air missile launches against coalition aircraft today.
To date,
there have been more than 450 separate incidents of Iraqi Anti-Aircraft
Artillery and surface-to-air missile fire directed at coalition pilots. Iraqi
aircraft have violated the Southern No-Fly Zone more than 150 times since
Operation Desert Fox. The last strike in the Southern No-Fly Zone was on Feb.
19, 2000.
Coalition aircraft do not target civilian populations or
infrastructure and seek to avoid injury to civilians and damage to civilian
facilities.
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