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June 30 airpower summary: Reaper hits enemy forces

July 1st, 2009
Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 30, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

In Afghanistan, an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper employed a guided bomb unit-12 to hit a group of anti-Afghan forces near Qalat. The strike took place in response to enemy fire on an Afghan and coalition unit.

An Air Force MQ-1 Predator and a MQ-9 both used Hellfire missiles to precisely target enemy gunmen in fighting positions protected from ground fire by rocks and boulders near Surkhabad. Afterward, the Reaper followed up with an additional strike against the fleeing gunmen. The aircraft coordinated with ground forces observers who verified that the targeted individuals were armed and firing rocket-propelled grenades and small arms at friendly forces.
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