From MNF-I, MND-B Apache crews destroy rockets.
BAGHDAD — Multi-National Division-Baghdad Apache helicopter crews destroyed three enemy rockets and damaged five more at approximately 1 a.m. Aug. 4 southeast of Baghdad. The aircrews from the 4th “Guns” Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, responded to a request for support from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.
The ground unit had positively identified eight enemy rocket systems, set to launch by a timing mechanism. “The cowardly insurgents abandoned their eight rockets, but Coalition Forces wanted to destroy them as soon as possible to prevent them from launching,” said Tampa, Fla., native Maj. Justin Hall, operations officer for 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st ACB. “The Coalition Forces chose AH-64Ds and called the Big Guns, and within minutes, Big Guns (fired on) the eight rockets and launchers.” Cleared by ground forces to engage the target, the air crews fired on the rockets, destroying three and damaging the other five. The ground unit’s EOD team later conducted a controlled detonation of the damaged rockets.
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