Air Campaign Returns To Afghanistan With 1,000 Strikes In October

Two U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets of Strike Fighter Squadron 31 fly a combat patrol over Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon

Bombs Away: Afghan Air War Peaks With 1,000 Strikes In October -- The Danger Room

The U.S. and its allies have unleashed a massive air campaign in Afghanistan, launching missiles and bombs from the sky at a rate rarely seen since the war’s earliest days. In October alone, NATO planes fired their weapons on 1,000 separate missions, U.S. Air Force statistics provided to Danger Room show. Since Gen. David Petraeus took command of the war effort in late June, coalition aircraft have flown 2,600 attack sorties. That’s 50% more than they did during the same period in 2009. Not surprisingly, civilian casualties are on the rise, as well.

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Update #1: Number of Afghan Air Strikes Highest Ever -- ABC News
Update #2: Record number of weapons released in October -- Air Force Times

My Comment: So much for General McChrystal's policy of limiting air strikes and civilian casualties.