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
April 4, 2000
RELEASE NUMBER: 04-04-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION AIRCRAFT STRIKE IRAQI MILITARY TARGETS IN THE SOUTH
MACDILL AFB, FL - - At approximately 7:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight 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, a surface-to-air missile site and radar sites in southern Iraq.
All coalition aircraft have returned safely and battle damage assessment is ongoing.
The coalition strikes came in response to anti-aircraft artillery fire against coalition aircraft yesterday and today.
To date, there have been more than 460 separate incidents of Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missile fire directed at coalition pilots since Operation Desert Fox. Iraqi aircraft have violated the Southern No-Fly Zone more than 160 times during the same period. The last strike in the Southern No-Fly Zone was on March 14.
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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