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23 August 2007 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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Current Operations
- OIF/OEF Casualty Update 23 Aug 2007 [PDF]
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- Roadside bomb strikes MND-B patrol
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualty
- DoD Identifies Army Casualties
- Update: 14 Task Force Lightning Soldiers die in helicopter downing
- Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Kamiya from Ft. Bragg, N.C. 23 Aug 2007 -- Presenter: Director Joint Training for the Joint Warfighting Center and Joint Forces Command Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya and Deputy Commander for Operations 18th Airborne Corps Brig. Gen. Michael Ferriter
- Transcript: DoD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Sherlock from the Pentagon 23 Aug 2007 -- Presenter: Director for Operational Planning Joint Chiefs of Staff Brig. Gen. Richard Sherlock
- Aug. 22 airpower summary: Transports keep cargo, pax on the move AFPN 23 Aug 2007 -- Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 22, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
- Violence Down in Iraq; Iraqi Forces Becoming More Capable AFPS 23 Aug 2007 -- Due to the sustained presence of coalition forces in former insurgent safe havens and increased capability of Iraqi security forces, levels of violence in Iraq are the lowest they've been since June 2006, an operational leader on the Joint Staff said today.
- Investigation finds engine failure caused Predator crash AFPN 23 Aug 2007 -- Engine failure caused the crash of an MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft Jan. 17, at a forward location in Southwest Asia, according to an Accident Investigation Board report released by Air Combat Command today.
- 18th Airborne Corps Prepares for Lead Role in Iraq Theater AFPS 23 Aug 2007 -- To prepare the 18th Airborne Corps for its upcoming lead role at Multinational Corps Iraq, some 600 servicemembers are engaging in an exercise Aug. 13-24 to replicate the "rigor, complexity and realism" of Iraq's combat environment, a corps spokesman said today.
- Investigation finds engine failure caused Predator crash AFPN 23 Aug 2007 -- Engine failure caused the crash of an MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft Jan. 17, at a forward location in Southwest Asia, according to an Accident Investigation Board report released by Air Combat Command today.
- One Terrorist Killed, 10 Detained During Iraq Operations AFPS 23 Aug 2007 -- Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained 10 suspected terrorists today during operations around Iraq targeting al Qaeda weapons and leadership networks.
- Operation Lightning Hammer disrupts al-Qaeda in Diyala MNF-I 23 Aug 2007 -- Operation Lightning Hammer concluded Aug. 22 after a 12-day, large-scale operation to disrupt al-Qaeda and other terrorist elements in the Diyala River Valley, a complex area of villages and palm groves in Iraq's Diyala province.
Deployments
- O'Kane and Paul Hamilton Returns From Deployment Navy NewsStand 23 Aug 2007 -- Arleigh Burke-Class guided missile destroyers USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) and USS O'Kane (DDG 70) returned home Aug. 20 from a seven-month deployment with USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) carrier group to the Persian Gulf.
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