40,000 pounds of 500-pound bombs, and those two planes flew all the way across the world from missouri to libya. and when they got to libya, between them those two planes dropped about 100 500-pound bombs on two isis camps in the desert. now, the city of sirte in libya was controlled by isis until recently. libyan ground forces retook the city last month. the u.s. military says isis fighters who escaped the ground offensive that retook the city, the isis fighters flew to the two camps in the desert. the u.s. african command put in a request to strike them, and president obama approved the mission. in a globe-circling feat, four americans took off from missouri, they flew 34 hours round trip. they had 15 separate inflight
now, the city of sirte in libya was controlled by isis until recently. libyan ground forces retook the city last month. the u.s. military says isis fighters who escaped the ground offensive that retook the city, the isis fighters flew to the two camps in the desert. the u.s. african command put in a request to strike them, and president obama approved the mission. in a globe-circling feat, four americans took off from missouri, they flew 34 hours round trip. they had 15 separate inflight refuellings and they completed that mission. defense secretary ash carter announced it at the pentagon once the the bombers and the pilots were back home safe on thursday. first in libya, our africa command conducted air strikes against two isil camps south of sirte.
the u.s. african command put in a request to strike them, and president obama approved the mission. in a globe-circling feat, four americans took off from missouri, they flew 34 hours round trip. they had 15 separate inflight refuellings and they completed that mission. defense secretary ash carter announced it at the pentagon once the the bombers and the pilots were back home safe on thursday. first in libya, our africa command conducted air strikes against two isil camps south of sirte. initial estimates indicate the air strikes killed more than 80 isil fighters, many of whom converged there after fleeing from local partner forces who had cleared sirte last month with our help. with our help. so u.s. military force helped