Three suspected al-Qaeda insurgent lookouts were killed when an Air Force F-16 jet dropped a joint direct attack munition on a known al-Qaeda safehouse Sept. 7.An unconfirmed number of suspected insurgents inside the safe house were killed during the F-16 attack.
Following the strike, Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, executed an air movement into the area to conduct a battle damage assessment, confirm the number of insurgents killed and perform sensitive site exploitation of the targeted house.
Soldiers discovered a weapons cache and a burning truck with multiple munitions on board at the safe house.,
Later, an Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II was called in to destroy the cache and five additional suspected al-Qaeda insurgents who were attempting to remove weapons from the site.