US airstrikes top 1,000 against IS in Iraq and Syria
Posted: Nov 22, 2016 4:33 PM EST
Updated: Nov 22, 2016 4:33 PM EST
By SAM MCNEIL and PETR DAVID JOSEK
USS EISENHOWER, Persian Gulf (AP) - One after another, fighter jets catapult from the flight deck of the USS Eisenhower, a thousand-foot (305-meter) American aircraft carrier, afterburners glowing amber above the blue Persian Gulf, on their way northwest to join the fight in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State.
The fighter jets refuel on the way before receiving from coalition partners targets like convoys, hideouts and mortar positions in IS-controlled territories such as Mosul and Raqqa, said Rear Adm. James Malloy, commander of the Eisenhower carrier strike group.
From his office aboard the USS Eisenhower, Malloy described coalition success around Mosul while cautioning that victory is close at hand.
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