[EggsAckley]

Wow! I don't know why, but this picture is really powerful!

[brazucausa]

Nice Pictures.

[SamAdams76]

I think it is a very good thing that our warplanes are on the offensive against our enemies. These are quick and agile planes and they pack a powerful punch.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

ABOARD USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea (NNS) -- Strike fighter aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, flying from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in the North Arabian Gulf, attacked an enemy mortar position near Balad, Iraq, north of Baghdad, Jan. 9, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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JDAM, ping!

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Sounds like we did a little practice and sent a little message.

A ton of high explosives might do that to surviors and by bystanders.

[camas]

that should put the fear in the hearts of some @#$%$#@s

[NonValueAdded]

From the Enterpirse I'd expect Photon Torpedoes or at least Phasers on stun. (Sorry, this was obligatory wasn't it?)

[Always A Marine]

After reading the headline Enterprise F/A-18s Strike Enemy Mortar Position in Iraq, my first reaction was surprise that a NAVY squadron actually hit such a small target in a Close Air Support (CAS) mission. "It must have been an embarked Marine Corps squadron," speculated I.

How wrong I was! VFA-86 are the Sidewinders -- a Navy squadron. But my skepticism was half rewarded when I noticed that VFA-86 has been homeported for the past three years at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC. The jarheads have obviously had a good influence on their Navy cousins! Sierra Hotel...

[gitmogrunt]

YEEEES!!!!HooRAY it's about effin' time!!!!!!!

We have the technology to instaneousily spot the target once they fire their mortar, then with aircraft already on station and hovering at several thousand feet go into immediate action for very accurate and positive missle strike results.

I can assure you they just didn't fly in from the carrier.Our jets are in hovering patterns overhead just waiting for the ragheads to make their move.

It's all very choreographed and co-ordinated, why haven't we been doing this sooner is beyond me.