a lot going on at the end of the week last week in terms of the last days of the obama administration, preparations for na inauguration of the new president, so this remarkable military offensive didn t get that much attention. military.com wrote, this lead about the mission, quote, the rarely used b-2 stealth bomber carried out massive strikes against two isis camps in libya on wednesday in what was almost certainly the last combat mission specifically authorized by president barack obama. this is from military.com. published that on thursday, the last full day of the obama administration. but it turns out that b-2 stealth bomber run around the world and into libya, that might not have been the last combat mission ordered by president obama because those b-2s flew on wednesday. the next day on thursday, u.s. planes were flying a major series of strikes in syria.
initl esmates 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 clear isis out of the city of sirte in libya, and when the u.s. military was convinced that isis fighters who escaped that had regrouped in the desert, u.s. military pilots flew this remarkable mission from all the way around the world. it cost $130,000 an hour to fly one of these planes. these billion dollar planes. and they re almost never used in real, live fire military missions, but the military decided in this case the b-2 stealth bomber was the best plane for the job, and the mission was considered to be a success. honestly, i have no idea why they picked these very unusual,
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 clear isis out of the city of sirte in libya, and when the u.s. military was convinced that isis fighters who escaped that had regrouped in the desert, u.s. military pilots flew this remarkable mission from all the way around the world. it cost $130,000 an hour to fly one of these planes.
any u.s. adversary anywhere in the world that there are sucht pilots and planes that can start the day just north of tight wad, missouri and end up at your house anywhere on earth if need be that same day. so, again, this happened on wednesday. it was announced by the pentagon on thursday. you know, it was a busy time. a lot going on at the end of the week last week in terms of the last days of the obama administration, preparations for inauguration of the new president, so this remarkable military offensive didn t get that much attention. military.com wrote, this lead about the mission, quote, the rarely used b-2 stealth bomber carried out massive strikes against two isis camps in libya on wednesday in what was almost certainly the last combat mission specifically authorized by president barack obama. this is from military.com. published that on thursday, the