Navy F/A-18F Super Hornets employing laser-guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions--JDAM--bombs struck Islamist militants in Iraq on Friday in response to advances on the northern Kurdish city of Erbil, the Pentagon said. The three airstrikes came hours after President Barack Obama authorized the use force against the Islamic State, or ISIS, militants to prevent them from capturing Erbil, where American military and diplomatic personnel are stationed. The militants already control broad swaths of northern and central Iraq. The Boeing [BA] Super…
