America’s longest serving bomber, the U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, just set a new record under the Trump administration. In a combat mission last month, the U.S. bomber unleashed a fury of 19 Joint Direct Attack Munitions on the Taliban in the Hemland Province in Afghanistan.
The bombs targeted money making products that have helped finance the Tailban’s terrorism; namely, the opium fields and heroin factories.
“The first munitions released in combat from the [conventional rotary launcher] occurred on Nov. 18 in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (Iraq),” Air Forces Central Command spokeswoman Capt. AnnMarie Annicelli told Military.com. “However, this was the first use of the CRL in a major, deliberately planned operation.”
“The aircraft was equipped with a new device for launching munitions,” Brig. Gen. Lance Bunch, director of NATO’s Resolute Support mission, said according to Military.com. – READ MORE
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