Air Force Joint Tactical Air Controllers
This was sent to me in email. The text below is how it was sent to me. I have no idea if its valid or not. But ...it sure is awesome.
The video was filmed by some Air Force Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) in Tal Afar, west of Mosul. They were with some Marine ASTs (Advisor Support Team) and are attached to Iraqi units and help train their forces on a day-to-day basis.
They were in a fairly sustained firefight in the streets of Tal Afar with about 3 Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF) and got clearance to fire a Maverick Missile. They set their video camera on the bumper of their armored HMMWV which they were using for cover.
You can hear them shooting back and forth. The rounds you can hear are from the Marines and the ones you hear pinging against the side of the vehicle with no accompanying pop are from the AIF. When the JTACs say they just fired rifle that means the F-16 aircraft just launched the Maverick. You can hear it come in and see it strike the vehicle the AIF were using for cover.
