PAF plane bombs NPA lair, reaps 2 backpacks of papers
By Mario J. Mallari 04/03/2012An Air Force fighter plane pounded a New People’s Army (NPA) lair in Bukidnon province with high-explosive rocket missiles on Sunday, but only reaped two backpacks of documents left behind by the communists for their pains.
Armed Forces Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) spokesman Col. Leopoldo Galon said an SF-260 from the Air Force’s Tactical Operations Group-11 (TOG-11) conducted the air strike in support of the ground operations of the Army’s 8th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Kibawe town.
Galon said the air strike was launched after an initial clash between elements of the 8th IB and a band of NPA rebels at around 5:20 a.m. in the outskirts of Barangay Sampaguita..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120403nat1.html
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