On Tuesday, U.S. coalition and Iraqi security forces confirmed an ongoing operation to clear ISIS forces from an island along the Tigris river. U.S. Central Command press release described missions by U.S. Air Force F-15 and F-35 fighter jets to bomb the island of Qanus, located within the Salah ad Din Province of Iraq, using nearly 80,000 pounds (36,000 kilograms) of bombs against the suspected ISIS island hideout. The press release was accompanied by a video showing the bombing runs, tweeted by Army Colonel Myles B. Caggins III, a spokesman for the operations Caggins said the airstrikes were coordinated with...
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