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	Record bombs dropped in Afghanistan in April
	By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer
	Posted : Monday May 4, 2009 20:59:59 EDT

Air Force, Navy and other coalition warplanes dropped a record number of bombs 
in Afghanistan during April, Air Forces Central figures show.

In the past month, warplanes released 438 bombs, the most ever.

April also marked the fourth consecutive month that the number of bombs dropped 
rose, after a decline starting last July.

The munitions were released during 2,110 close-air support sorties.

The actual number of airstrikes was higher because the AFCent numbers don’t 
include attacks by helicopters and special operations gunships. The numbers also 
don’t include strafing runs or launches of small missiles.

Over Iraq, 26 bombs were released during 767 strike sorties.

Transport crews airdropped 1.8 million pounds of supplies, mostly in 
Afghanistan, and tankers off loaded 85 million pounds of fuel.

Reconnaissance aircraft flew 1,402 missions over Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/05/airforce_april_airstrike_050409w/