[WATCH] ISIS Goes BOOM! When U.S Drops Laser Guided Bombs on Terror Target

in News, Opinion, Videos, World News / by Amanda Shea / on August 9, 2014 at 11:23 am /

Now that our president has finally decided to act on ISIS, the Pentagon released new video last night that shows  U.S. military aircrafts striking Islamic State terror sites.
“The first attack occurred about 6:45 a.m. EDT when two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region,” the Pentagon said. “ISIL was using this artillery to shell Kurdish forces defending the city, where U.S. personnel are located.”






“Two additional air strikes occurred later in the day, the last at about 11:20 a.m. EDT when four F/A-18 aircraft successfully struck a stationary ISIL convoy of seven vehicles and a mortar position near Irbil, neutralizing the mortar and convoy,” the Pentagon added.
Footage of the strikes shows thick black plumes of smoke rising into the air following a bright white flash after the targets had been hit.







Thursday evening, President Barack Obama announced that he has authorized targeted airstrikes for protection of U.S personnel in Iraq to be used if needed.
The following footage also released Friday night by the Pentagon shows U.S. forces conducting humanitarian aid drops.
“This mission was conducted from multiple airbases within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and included one C-17 and two C-130 aircraft that together dropped a total of 72 bundles of supplies,” the Pentagon said. “They were escorted by two F/A-18s also from an airbase within Central Command; the supply mission did not require any U.S. ground forces.”


The pentagon reported that 5,300 gallons of fresh water and 8,000 meals, were dropped on displaced Iraqis.