2019 Bagram Airfield attack

2019 Bagram Airfield attack
LocationBagram Airfield
DateDecember 11, 2019
Weapons1 Garbage Truck and suicide attack
Deaths2
Injured80 (first attack) 6 (second attack)
PerpetratorTaliban
DefendersU.S. Army, Georgian Army, U.S. Marine Corps

In the early morning of December 11, 2019, the Taliban attacked Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by the United States military. The attackers used a VBIED garbage truck with 25,000 lb of home-made explosives which killed two civilians and injured 80 others.[1][2][3][4]

The attack

Taliban insurgents attacked the western part of the base following the explosion. The attack was repelled by a US-led NATO forces. At 5:50 a.m. a 22,500 lb VBIED (Vehicle Borne IED) was detonated at Bagram Airfield abandoned medical facility that was walled off separate from the rest of the base. Six people were wounded from the blast.[5][6]

American military response

Just minutes after the attacks, Marine advisors, U.S. Army Military Police and their Georgian military counterparts responded to the attacks. The Marines and Georgians were in charge of perimeter security for Bagram Airfield Security Forces (BAFSECFOR). The U.S. Army Military Police were in charge of Law Enforcement Operations. At the time of the attack BAFSECFOR was headquartered by the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, and organized as Task Force Cobalt.

Task Force Cobalt pushed more combat power to the site of the initial attack, mainly elements of 1st Platoon, 348th Engineer Company (Route Clearance), focusing on containing Taliban fighters from entering the main portion of the base. Heavy small arms fire and rockets could be heard In the area of the initial car bomb but Taliban fighters were unsuccessful from entering the main portion of the base.

Complex Attack on BAGRAM Air Base Dec 11 2019 DVIDS

16 hours after the initial attack 2 US F-16 fighter aircraft from the 79th EAMU out of Shaw AFB SC bombed the area outside of the military base colloquially known as the Korean hospital,[2] due to its former usage by the South Korean military.

Following the attack HHC, 307th AEB coordinated the closing of the breach in the perimeter created by the initial blast and subsequent bombings by US Forces. The 244th Engineer Company, a National Guard unit hailing from Hagerstown, Maryland, took mission command to repair the breach in Bagram's perimeter wall utilizing organic equipment.

References

  1. ^ Abed, Fahim (December 11, 2019). "Taliban Attack U.S. Base in Afghanistan as Negotiators Talk Peace". The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Scores wounded in attack near U.S. Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan". CBS news. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Gul, Ayaz (December 11, 2019). "One Killed, 80 Wounded in Taliban Attack Near U.S. Base in Afghanistan". VOA. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "At least two killed in Taliban suicide attack near US base". Al Jazeera. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  5. ^ Rambaran, Vandana (December 11, 2019). "Suicide bombing targets medical facility near main US air base in Afghanistan". Fox News. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Davies, Guy; Agha, Aleem; Finnegan, Conor (December 11, 2019). "Taliban claim suicide car bombing at Bagram military base, killing 2 and wounding over 70". ABC news. Retrieved December 11, 2019.

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