During a typical week of Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led air coalition strikes dozens of targets in Iraq and Syria: wells, buildings, fighting positions, vehicles, and weapons. In January, the Air Force flew a pair of B-2 stealth bombers from Missouri to drop dozens of GPS guided bombs on a remote ISIS location in the Libyan desert. In April, the Navy fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles, costing roughly $50 million, at a Syrian airfield. Later in April, an Air Force MC-130 delivered the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb against an ISIS-held cave and tunnel complex.
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