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AV-8Bs pounding ISIL in Libya being withdrawn

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USS Wasp and its embarked AV-8Bs are being withdrawn from the Mediterranean theater and the amphibious assault ship is being replaced by USS San Antonio.

An AV-8B Harrier takes off from the flight deck of USS Wasp. (28739746443)
By Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America MC3 Rawad Madanat/USS Wasp (LHD 1) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The Harriers have been busy attacking the Islamic State group in Libya since Aug. 1. U.S. Africa Command stated that the jets dropped three hundred bombs and flew more than 650 sorties against ISIL.

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