“This reduced footprint allows us to continue advising and assisting our Iraqi partners in rooting out the final remnants of ISIS in Iraq and ensuring its enduring defeat,” McKenzie said. Frank McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, announced the US would reduce its troop presence in Iraq from about 5,200 to 3,000 troops during the month of September. And Wednesday’s airstrike underscores that ISIS remains an undefeated threat - despite US plans to draw down forces in Iraq.
The presence of a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf significantly ramps up the airpower potential of US military forces continuing to support the counterterrorism campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Operation Inherent Resolve officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding ISIS casualties due to Wednesday’s airstrike. According to Marotto, the US airstrike destroyed a cave and three shelters used by ISIS near Wadi al-Shai in Kirkuk Province. The Iraqi military reportedly requested the US airstrike, which targeted ISIS “bed down” sites near the northern Iraqi city of Baiji, Iraqi officials said. F/A-18F Super Hornets from Carrier Air Wing 17 embarked on USS Nimitz (CVN 68) /cpX0Tev0wO aircraft launched from an aircraft carrier conducted kinetic operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. 23: the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years that U.S. Wayne Marotto, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman, wrote in a Thursday tweet, referring to ISIS by the pejorative Arabic nickname, “Daesh.” “Daesh operatives will continue to try and take advantage of safe havens but there is no safe place for terrorists to hide,” US Army Col. On Wednesday, Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighters belonging to Carrier Air Wing 17 launched from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf and conducted “kinetic” operations in support of the international coalition to defeat ISIS, Operation Inherent Resolve.
For the first time in two and a half years, US Navy carrier-launched warplanes conducted an airstrike against ISIS.
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