Home : Media & News : Video
DVIDSVideoPlayer
Playlist:
Video by Senior Airman James Thompson
Roberts Ridge: Seeing though the fog of war
432nd Wing
Aug. 30, 2018 | 1:59
A once quiet landscape turned battlefield, the clash of gunfire and shouts ripped through the Shahi-Kot Valley in the early hours of March 4, 2002. As part of an early war effort that targeted al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan, the Battle of Roberts Ridge is still known as one of the deadliest engagements during Operation Anaconda.

Above the Takur Ghar mountain top, an MQ-1 Predator aircrew became an unforeseen, close air support asset for a desperate joint special operations team in their time of need.
More

Tags

airstrikeJTACcombat controllerOperation AnacondaAfghanistanground forcesMQ-1 Predatorremotely piloted aircraftrpamajor brownRobert's RidgemqColonel JonesTakur Ghar432nd Air Wing
More

Up Next

100 ARW supports Airstrikes B-Roll
Play Button
4:37
100 ARW supports Airstrikes B-Roll
Wisconsin National Guard ground assault and airstrike capability demonstration b-roll at EAA
Play Button
1:44
Wisconsin National Guard ground assault and airstrike capability demonstration b-roll at EAA
B-Roll: U.S. Marines coordinate airstrikes with Moroccan F-16s
Play Button
2:48
B-Roll: U.S. Marines coordinate airstrikes with Moroccan F-16s
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria Strike Footage
Play Button
0:32
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria Strike Footage
B-Roll: Camp Schwab Constant Vigilance 2021
Play Button
15:52
B-Roll: Camp Schwab Constant Vigilance 2021
Coalition military spokesman describes partnership with Iraq
Play Button
4:30
Coalition military spokesman describes partnership with Iraq
Coalition Aircraft Destroy ISIS Tunnel and Cave Complex
Play Button
0:51
Coalition Aircraft Destroy ISIS Tunnel and Cave Complex
What's Your Why? A TACP Perspective
Play Button
1:52
What's Your Why? A TACP Perspective
Air Force Radio News 01 May 2019
0:59
Air Force Radio News 01 May 2019
Coalition forces conducted airstrikes against ISIS targets
Play Button
0:21
Coalition forces conducted airstrikes against ISIS targets
Coalition airstrikes against ISIS targets
Play Button
0:21
Coalition airstrikes against ISIS targets
Coalition Forces airstrike against ISIS Dec. 15, 2018
Play Button
0:25
Coalition Forces airstrike against ISIS Dec. 15, 2018
Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve Strike Video
Play Button
0:27
Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve Strike Video
Now Playing
Roberts Ridge: Seeing though the fog of war
Roberts Ridge: Seeing though the fog of war
Iraqi Air Force F-16C Takeoff
Play Button
5:30
Iraqi Air Force F-16C Takeoff
More Videos