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Archive: September, 2014

Sept. 23, 2014

Sept. 23: U.S. Military, Partner Nations Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria

U.S. military forces and partner nations, including the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, undertook military action against ISIL terrorists in Syria overnight, using a mix of fighter, bomber, remotely piloted aircraft and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles to conduct 14 strikes against ISIL targets.

Sept. 23, 2014

Sept. 23: U.S. Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL in Iraq and Syria

September 23, 2014RELEASE #20140927FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla., Sept. 23, 2014 - U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Iraq and Syria, using a mix of bomber and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct three airstrikes last night and today.Two of the airstrikes were conducted last night as part of the operation over Syria and

Sept. 22, 2014

Sept. 22: U.S. Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL in Iraq

September 22, 2014Release #20140923FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla., Sept. 22, 2014 - U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Iraq, using a mix of attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct four airstrikes today.In total, the airstrikes destroyed two ISIL vehicles, an ISIL tank, and damaged an ISIL Humvee, all

Sept. 22, 2014

Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby

September 22, 2014Release #20140924FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla., Sept. 22, 2014 - The Department of Defense released the following statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby today:"I can confirm that U.S. military and partner nation forces are undertaking military action against ISIL terrorists in Syria using a mix of fighter,

Sept. 19, 2014

Sept. 19: U.S. Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL in Iraq

U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Iraq, using fighter aircraft to conduct two airstrikes Thursday and Friday.

Sept. 18, 2014

Sept. 18: U.S. Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL in Iraq

September 18, 2014Release #20140919FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla. - U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Iraq, using bomber and fighter aircraft to conduct two airstrikes Wednesday and Thursday.In total, one airstrike near an ISIL training camp southeast of Mosul destroyed an ISIL armed vehicle, two ISIL-occupied buildings

Sept. 17, 2014

Exercise Regional Cooperation 2014 Kicks Off

September 17, 2014Release #20140917FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command, the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan, and forces from other partner nations, will conduct a command-post exercise at Camp Edwards located on Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts, September 17-24, 2014.Exercise Regional Cooperation 2014, which has

Sept. 17, 2014

U.S. Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL in Iraq

September 17, 2014Release #20140918FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla., Sept. 17, 2014 - U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Iraq using a mix of fighter, attack and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct seven airstrikes Tuesday and Wednesday.In total, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL armed vehicle northwest of the Haditha Dam,

Sept. 16, 2014

U.S. Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL Southwest of Baghdad and Northwest of Irbil

September 16, 2014Release #20140916FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla., Sept. 16, 2014 - U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Iraq using fighter aircraft to conduct five airstrikes Monday and Tuesday southwest of Baghdad and northwest of Irbil.In total, two airstrikes northwest of Irbil destroyed an ISIL armed truck and an ISIL

Sept. 15, 2014

U.S. Military Conducts Airstrikes Against ISIL near Sinjar and Southwest of Baghdad

September 15, 2014Release #20140915FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETAMPA, Fla., Sept. 15, 2014 - U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Iraq, employing attack and fighter aircraft to conduct two airstrikes Sunday and Monday in support of Iraqi Security Forces near Sinjar and southwest of Baghdad.The airstrike southwest of Baghdad was the