The Navy's Aging F-14s Delivered Decisive Strikes in the 2003 Iraq War
The killing blow came when the F-14s guided Air Force F-15Es as they dropped 5,000-pound bunker-buster bombs to wipe out the underground bunker.
Source: nationalinterest.org
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The killing blow came when the F-14s guided Air Force F-15Es as they dropped 5,000-pound bunker-buster bombs to wipe out the underground bunker.
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