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DAVID GOLDMAN/AP MIDEAST Coalition: Airstrikes destroy ISIS mountain camp, cave hideout BY CHAD GARLAND Inherent Resolve said in a statement on spokesman, said in the statement that “air- said killed four militants. Recent killing or Stars and Stripes Saturday. Strike videos described them as strikes help destroy ISIS targets in terrain capture of ISIS leaders has left “their lowly ISIS mountain training areas. difficult to reach by standard vehicles.” terrorists followers dazed & disillusioned,” Coalition strikes took out three Islamic Despite losing control of its last territory An F-15E Eagle fighter jet carried out Caggins tweeted. State camp sites in Iraq’s Kirkuk province in Iraq more than two years ago, ISIS con- the strikes, which killed an estimated Late last month, Syrian forces said that on Friday, while jets “blasted” an ISIS cave tinues to wage an insurgency while hiding five ISIS fighters, Caggins told Stars and a coalition strike in Syria killed one of the in Nineveh province. out in the mountains, deserts and other Stripes via text message. Iraqi forces were top three leaders of ISIS, Mutaz Numan The “summer camp” in rural Kirkuk rural areas of the country. still conducting an assessment of the dam- and Nayif Najm al-Jaburi, about a week was located about 16 miles west of the city While Iraqi security forces have “tacti- age, he said Saturday. after officials in Baghdad said they were of Tuz Khurmatu in “densely-vegetated cal overmatch against ISIS,” Army Col. Caggins also posted video of the strike austere terrain,” the U.S.-led Operation Myles B. Caggins III, a coalition military in Nineveh province on Twitter, which he SEE AIRSTRIKES ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 22, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Airbus seeks voluntary job cuts before more layoffs Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9498 Euro costs (June 22) .............................$1.10 Thailand (Baht) .....................................30.96 Dollar buys (June 22) .......................€0.8673 Turkey (Lira) ........................................ 6.8454 Bloomberg erations are ongoing. The total sions,” Faury said. “What this British pound (June 22) .......................$1.21 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (June 22) .....................104.00 available to customers at military banking is likely to range between 12,000 means in reality is a necessary South Korean won (June 22) .........1,181.00 facilities in the country of issuance Airbus plans to pursue vol- Commercial rates and 16,000 employees, estimates downsizing of our business.” for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the untary job cuts before seeking George Ferguson, a Bloomberg Airbus has raised liquidity, Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3776 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For forced reductions, as it aims to British pound .....................................$1.2379 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Intelligence analyst. slashed production and put fac- Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3582 purchasing British pounds in Germany), bring down costs without inciting Caught in a demand downturn tory workers on rolling furloughs China (Yuan) ....................................... 7.0739 check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ............................... 6.6457 a political uproar in France and facility. Commercial rates are interbank that could last as long as five since the coronavirus spread Egypt (Pound) ................................... 16.1810 rates provided for reference when buying Germany, according to people fa- Euro .........................................$1.1219/0.8914 years, Airbus must scale back across the globe earlier this year. currency. All figures are foreign currencies Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7505 miliar with the matter. The Toulouse, France-based to one dollar, except for the British pound, quickly to stop cash outflows and Hungary (Forint) .................................308.26 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, The European planemaker will regain its financial balance by company has yet to put in place a Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4460 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) mandate redundancies only as a year-end, Chief Executive Offi- plan for permanent job cuts. Japan (Yen) ...........................................106.84 last resort after looking at volun- The company expects to give Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3078 INTEREST RATES cer Guillaume Faury warned in Norway (Krone) ...................................9.5547 tary layoffs and early retirement his latest letter to staff, seen by more detailed guidance to em- Philippines (Peso).................................50.04 Prime rate ................................................3.25 across its manufacturing opera- Bloomberg. ployees by the end of July, Faury Poland (Zloty) ......................................... 3.98 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) .......................... 3.7506 Federal funds market rate ...................0.06 tions, said the people, who asked The magnitude of the crisis said in the letter, reported earlier Singapore (Dollar) ............................. 1.3939 3-month bill ............................................. 0.15 not to be named because delib- calls for “heart-wrenching deci- by La Tribune. South Korea (Won) ......................... 1,207.14 30-year bond ...........................................1.46 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 65/60 Kabul 97/72 Seoul 90/73 Baghdad 105/76 Kandahar 110/74 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 87/72 77/68 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 74/52 71/54 80/69 Iwakuni 83/70 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 100/88 Brussels 78/54 Guam 106/88 73/54 Ramstein 87/70 88/81 Lajes, 76/51 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 105/78 104/90 68/59 73/54 72/58 Aviano/ Vicenza 84/63 Naples 83/67 Okinawa Morón 85/79 101/67 Sigonella Rota 75/68 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 104/91 91/68 84/66 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 19 Crossword ................. 19 Faces ........................ 15 Opinion .................16-17 Sports .................. 20-24 Monday, June 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Tokyo calls for probe into lost Osprey part BY HANA KUSUMOTO AND SETH ROBSON ‘ The fallen part is Stars and Stripes a serious accident, TOKYO — Local authorities which could involve in western Tokyo are calling for U.S. Air Force an investigation into whether a human lives, and small part may have fallen from The 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 558th AMXS paint team at Robins Air Force Base, a CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft causes anxiety. ’ Ga., collaborated June 17, to stencil the name of 48th Fighter Wing pilot 1st Lt. Kenneth ‘’Kage’’ Allen stationed at Yokota. letter from Japan officials on an F-15 aircraft. Allen was piloting an F-15C Eagle during a training mission when his plane crashed Part of a searchlight dome was into the North Sea on June 15. missing during a check of the Os- prey at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, ac- cording to a North Kanto Defense local authorities’ letter stated. “It Bureau spokesman. The bureau is extremely regrettable that CV- USAF pilot memorialized on F-15 is an arm of Japan’s defense 22 Ospreys continue to fly even after 5 p.m. when you noticed the ministry. BY JENNIFER H. SVAN missing part.” “It was a lovely gesture. We a sign featuring the 493rd Fight- A spokesman for the 374th Air- Stars and Stripes weren’t expecting it,” Taunton er Squadron patch that has been lift Wing, 1st Lt. Stuart Thrift, in All of Yokota’s air operations are conducted in accordance with said. placed inside the fence by one of an email Friday confirmed the Air Force maintainers on both The jet is scheduled to return to the gates at Lakenheath, Taunton part was not there when the he- relevant airspace agreements and sides of the Atlantic have honored regulations between the U.S. and Lakenheath this week. said. licopter-airplane hybrid was in- the memory of 1st Lt. Kenneth Because Air Force regulations Yellow is one of the colors of the spected after the flight. Japanese governments, Thrift “Kage” Allen, who died last week stipulate that the name of the lead squadron, nicknamed “The Grim U.S. forces notified the bureau said. when his F-15C crashed in the pilot assigned to a plane must fea- Reapers.” People on base and in Wednesday that the