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March 28 Airpower Summary: A-10s show coalition power

March 29th, 2009
Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations March 28, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. 

In Afghanistan, a United Kingdom Royal Air Force GR-9 Harrier and a coalition aircraft destroyed enemy fighting positions near Kajaki Dam using Paveway precision guided bombs, rocket pods, and a guided bomb unit-12. The strikes took place in response to enemy weapons fire directed towards coalition ground troops. A coalition AH-64 Apache attack helicopter arrived to cover coalition forces' withdrawal from the engagement after the jets' attack run. 
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