Operation Phantom Thunder

Operation Phantom Thunder
	Part of the Iraq War
	; An American soldier fires an AT4 in the Adhamiyah neighborhood.
Date	16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007
Location	Iraq
Result	Allied victory ; (Large territories previously held by insurgents come under coalition control; Operations continue with operation Phantom Strike)
Belligerents
United States; Iraqi Army; Revolution Brigade; Awakening Movement; Peshmerga	Islamic State of Iraq Mahdi Army Other Iraqi insurgents
Commanders and leaders
David Petraeus; Raymond Odierno	Abu Omar al-Baghdadi; Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Strength
~28,000 U.S./Iraqi Forces; 2,100 Peshmerga	Unknown
Casualties and losses
220 security forces killed; 20 militia killed ; 140 killed; ; 1 OH-58 Kiowa and; 1 AH-64 Apache shot down	1,196 killed (46 bombers),; 6,702 captured,; 51 boats destroyed,; 1,113 weapons caches destroyed,; 382 high value individuals captured or killed,; 2,299 IEDs cleared,; 52 VBIEDS neutralized,; 142 total Battalion-level Joint Operations

Operation Phantom Thunder began on 16 June 2007, when Multi-National Force-Iraq launched major offensive operations against al-Qaeda and other extremist terrorists operating throughout Iraq. It was the largest coordinated military operation since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Operation Phantom Thunder was a corps level operation, including Operation Arrowhead Ripper in Diyala Province, Operation Marne Torch and Operation Commando Eagle in Babil Province, Operation Fardh al-Qanoon in Baghdad, Operation Alljah in Anbar Province, and continuing special forces actions against the Mahdi Army in southern Iraq and against Al-Qaeda leadership throughout the country. The operation was one of the biggest military operations in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003.

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