Intl Coalition jets targeted today with 7 airstrikes position of meeting for senior al-Qaeda leaders in v Kefr-Hales near #Idlib #Syria

ISIS's Regional Campaign: March 2016
ISIS continued to pursue ongoing campaigns both regionally and further abroad throughout March. The group carried out a spectacular, sophisticated terror attack in Brussels on March 22. The attack, which was unprecedented in Belgium, is part of ISIS’s ongoing campaign to attack and polarize the West, sowing disorder to make way for future expansion to a global Caliphate.

Mal ne Frage: Was ist mit "rocket rails" gemeint?

April 1: Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA — On March 31, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted five strikes using attack and ground-attack aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 12 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria
* Near Ayn Isa, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).
* Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike destroyed two ISIL bulldozers.
* Near Mar'a, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions

Iraq
* Near Habbaniyah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Hit, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL VBIED, two ISIL VBIED factories, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL anti-air artillery staging area, and nine ISIL tunnel entrances and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Kirkuk, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas.
* Near Mosul, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas and five ISIL vehicles.
* Near Qayyarah, two strikes destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle and an ISIL mortar firing position and suppressed two separate ISIL mortar firing positions.
* Near Ramadi, one strike destroyed two ISIL VBIEDs.
* Near Sinjar, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL assembly area.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike destroyed three ISIL tunnel systems and three ISIL assembly areas.

Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base safely.

April 2: Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA — On April 1, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted six strikes using attack and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 20 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria
* Near Al Hawl, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Ar Raqqah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Mar'a, four strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed 10 ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL bunkers, an ISIL mortar position, and an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).

Iraq
* Near Al Qaim, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Habbaniyah, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL weapons cache.
* Near Haditha, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Hit, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL VBIED, two ISIL fuel tankers, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL-used bridge, an ISIL barge, eight ISIL boats, and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Kirkuk, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL command and control node, four ISIL assembly areas, and an ISIL supply cache.
* Near Qayyarah, seven strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and an ISIL weapons cache and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL command and control node, two ISIL vehicles, and an ISIL-used unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
* Near Ramadi, one strike destroyed an ISIL anti-air artillery piece.
* Near Sinjar, two strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and suppressed an ISIL mortar firing position.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed six ISIL rocket rails and an ISIL supply cache.

Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base safely.

April 3: Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA — On April 2, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted four strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 22 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria
* Near Manbij, two strikes destroyed an ISIL rocket rail system and two ISIL fighting positions.
* Near Mar'a, two strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).

Iraq
* Near Fallujah, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Haditha, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun.
* Near Hit, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL used-bridge, an ISIL VBIED factory, 22 ISIL boats, and an ISIL bed down location and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Kirkuk, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL mortar system, an ISIL VBIED, and an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Mosul, six strikes struck six separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL machine gun, and two ISIL vehicles.
* Near Qayyarah, six strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL weapons storage facility and destroyed four ISIL mortar firing positions, an ISIL supply cache, an ISIL VBIED production facility, and 13 ISIL staging areas.
* Near Rawah, one strike destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed four ISIL assembly areas and an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Tal Afar, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL mortar system.

Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base safely.

April 4: Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA — On April 3, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted 14 strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 10 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria
* Near Al Hasakah, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).
* Near Al Hawl, six strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL anti-air artillery piece, three ISIL vehicles, and two ISIL tactical vehicles, and four ISIL fighting positions.
* Near Ar Raqqah, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL headquarters and destroyed an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL workover rig, an ISIL front-end loader, and four ISIL pump jacks.
* Dayr Az Zawr, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions and two ISIL VBIEDs.
* Near Idlib, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL buildings.
* Near Manbij, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Mar'a, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

Iraq
* Near Al Baghdadi, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Hit, three strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL VBIED, an ISIL heavy machine gun, an ISIL recoilless rifle, and an ISIL staging area and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Kirkuk, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas and an ISIL heavy machine gun.
* Near Kisik, one strike suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Mosul, two strikes destroyed an ISIL supply cache, an ISIL command and control node, and an ISIL tactical vehicle and suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.
* Near Qayyarah, one strike destroyed an ISIL weapons storage facility and an ISIL staging facility.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL supply cache.

Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base safely.

April 5: Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA — On April 4, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted six strikes using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted 19 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria
* Near Ar Raqqah, one strike disabled two ISIL pump jacks.
* Near Dayr Az Zawr, one strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Manbij, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL vehicle, two ISIL rocket systems, and an ISIL heavy machine gun.
* Near Mar'a, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units.

Iraq
* Near Al Baghdadi, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL vehicles, an ISIL front end loader, seven ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED), an ISIL mortar position, and suppressed two ISIL rocket positions.
* Near Al Huwayjah, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
* Near Fallujah, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle and five ISIL defensive fighting positions.
* Near Hit, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL heavy machine gun, an ISIL supply cache, an ISIL fighting position, and seven ISIL boats.
* Near Kisik, four strikes struck three ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL staging area, an ISIL bunker, an ISIL supply cache, and an ISIL fighting position.
* Near Mosul, one strike struck an ISIL headquarters.
* Near Sultan Abdallah, six strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL VBIED, five ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL assembly area, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL rocket system, an ISIL trench, and suppressed an ISIL sniper position and denied ISIL access to terrain.
* Near Tal Afar, one strike suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.

Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base safely.

A strike, as defined in the CJTF releases, means one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative effect for that location. So having a single aircraft deliver a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of buildings and vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making that facility (or facilities) harder or impossible to use. Accordingly, CJTF-OIR does not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target.

Ground-based artillery fired in counter-fire or in fire support to maneuver roles are not classified as a strike as defined by CJTF-OIR.

Ich denke mal, dass darunter alle Raketenabschusssysteme zusammengefasst sind, also auch DIY-Rampen.

Das kann auch einfach nur ein Trottel mit AK sein.Aber das so zu schreiben hört sich ja irgendwie doof an. Also werden dann so tolle Buzzwords verwenden wie tactical unit oder Headquarter , im Endeffekt handelt es sich dabei aber nur um einen Typen mit ner AK und eine Lehmhütte mit ner IS Flagge. Für den gemeinen Amerikaner macht aber tactical unit und Headquarter Eindruck .

Somit ja, es ist Schwachsinn einen einzelnen Kämpfer mit einer F-16 (in Zukunft mit einer F-35) zu bekämpfen.

Sehe ich nicht so. Effizienter als mit einer F-16 geht das kaum, weil die schnell genug ist um weite Räume abzudecken. Einem Einzelschützen eine JDAM auf den Kopf zu werfen, wird vermutlich weniger als 100k $ kosten.

...Aufwand und die Kosten in Relation...

Im Regelfall schmeißen die Koalitionsstreitkräfte keine Fliegerbomben auf den einzelnen Soldaten, vor allem wenn es nur der durchschnittliche IS Kämpfer ist, der u.U. sich weit hinter der Front aufhält.
Aber dies betraf bisher wohl ausschließlich Mitglieder der IS Special Forces als Ziel.