Apache helicopters discover five individuals emplacing an Improvised Explosive Device in the road. Apaches engage individuals and IED with Hellfire missile.
Operation Marne Thunderbolt is the latest in a series of combat operations by Multi-National Division - Center, focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaida safe havens southeast of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Helicopters from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division are striking insurgents on a regular basis during Operation [...]
A convoy in Iraq received small arms fire from a building along the Tigres River.
U.S. Army Apache helicopters were called in to mitigate the threat.
