By 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
Jul 22, 2007 - 4:54:51 PM

The tanker trailer prior to destruction.

Blackanthem Military News

KALSU, Iraq – A precision air strike destroyed a tanker truck loaded with explosives during Operation Marne Avalanche northeast of Haswah July 20.

An F-16 fighter jet flying in support of the operation dropped two 500-pound bombs on the truck and destroyed it.

Marne Avalanche is designed to root out Sunni and Shia extremists operating from safe havens in the Euphrates River Valley.

In four days, Operation Marne Avalanche has resulted in four insurgents killed, 37 captured, including five high value targets and several destroyed caches and vehicles used by the insurgents.

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS:

The tanker trailer after the first 500-pound bomb was dropped on it.
The tanker trailer after the second 500-pound bomb and secondary explosion from the explosives packed inside the tanker trailer.
The tanker trailer is completely destroyed after the second 500-pound bomb and secondary explosion.

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