NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 |
March 28, 2003
Release Number: 03-03-81
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TERROR SQUAD MEETING STRUCK IN AL BASRAH
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A pair of F-15E Strike Eagles attacked what Central Command officials termed "an emerging target" tonight, destroying a two-story building in Al Basrah where some 200 Iraqi regime paramilitary members were meeting.
The U.S. Air Force jets used laser-guided munitions to destroy the building, while leaving undamaged the Al Basrah Christian Church which was 300 yards away.
Officials said a delayed fuse allowed the bombs to penetrate the structure before detonation, thus minimizing the external blast effect.
The aircraft belong to the "The Chiefs" of the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, based at Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C.
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