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The War Nobody Expected

Grant, 2002

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Grant R
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Air Force Magazine

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HE nation's air component passed a major test in Afghanistan. With a relatively small but steady flow of sorties, aerospace forces struck emerging targets fast enough to enable the Northern Alliance to unseat numerically superior Taliban forces.“The very simple purpose …
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