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Air Force F-22 Operates In Afghanistan For First Time

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Air Force F-22 Operates In Afghanistan For First Time
US Air Force insignia on an aging jet plane.

The U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor dropped 250-pound Small Diameter Bombs on a Taliban opium processing plant in northern Helmand province Nov. 19, marking the first time the Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built fighter jet has operated in Afghanistan, NATO announced Nov. 20.The F-22 was chosen to hit the drug lab due to its ability to deliver small munitions to minimize civilian casualties, Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, told reporters at the Pentagon via satellite.The attack was part…

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