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USS Truman conducted largest airstrike in Navy history, official says
« on: May 28, 2025, 01:24:39 pm »
USS Truman conducted largest airstrike in Navy history, official says
By Riley Ceder
 May 27, 2025, 04:05 PM

 
The U.S. Navy’s Carrier Air Wing 1 engaged in the largest maritime strike in Navy aviation history in terms of bomb tonnage earlier this year, a defense official confirmed to Military Times.

On Feb. 1, the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman launched 27 F/A-18 Super Hornets as part of a coordinated airstrike against Islamic State operatives in Somalia in collaboration with the federal government of Somalia, a defense official with knowledge of the strike said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter.


Sixteen aircraft dropped 124,000 pounds of ordnance on targets in less than two minutes.

“The joint airstrikes targeted senior ISIS-Somalia leadership in a series of cave complexes approximately 50 miles southeast of Bosaso,” U.S. Africa Command said in a Feb. 11 statement. “The command’s current assessment is that approximately 14 ISIS-Somalia operatives were killed and no civilians were harmed.”

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2025/05/27/uss-truman-conducted-largest-airstrike-in-navy-history-official-says/
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Re: USS Truman conducted largest airstrike in Navy history, official says
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2025, 02:17:34 pm »
124,000 lbs in two minutes?

Man, there was never time to run away from bedlam when you do that.
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Re: USS Truman conducted largest airstrike in Navy history, official says
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2025, 05:08:00 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on May 28, 2025, 02:17:34 pm
124,000 lbs in two minutes?

Man, there was never time to run away from bedlam when you do that.
Gee, I'd have split the hit. Half up front, and ten minutes later (when they have had just enough time to think it's over and come outside) hit them again.
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