The 750 mile (1,200km) route, which runs fromKabul through Kandahar and then to Herat, was built in the 1960s with U.S. funds, but devastated during the 1980s Soviet occupation and the civil war that followed. The clash seemed like a last, defiant gesture. May 2002: Combined Joint Task Force 180 becomes the most senior U.S. military headquarters in the country. The war in Afghanistan, officially, ended Dec. 28, 2014. During March 2002, the U.S. airlifted 1700 troops and 1,000 pro-government Afghan militia to take on between 300 and 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters Sunday, December 29: A Pakistani border guard shot and wounded a U.S. soldier in the head in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province, just a few hundred yards from Pakistan's border. In his official apology to the family and friends of the dead and injured Canadians, Schmidt stated: I believed at the time that my flight lead's transmission to 'check master arm, check laser arm,' indicated he concurred with my decision that the situation required self-defense.[6]. Resources. . They also had two blocking positions, one in a canyon running from the southeast of the valley and one running directly south.8. Thursday, February 7: U.S. President George W. Bush decided that the 1949 Geneva Conventions would apply to captured Taliban fighters taken from Afghanistan to a US military base at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, but not to al-Qaeda members there. He served as an infantry weapons platoon leader in Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve and deployed to Europe with 2nd ABCT, 1st ID, where he served as the Atlantic Resolve Mission Command Element Liaison to Lithuania. Some rounds came within 30 meters of Butlers troops. The soldiers claim Dan was killed by a blow from the sword before the giant was . Joint Task Force 1 / 1st Cavalry Division (Maj. Gen. J.T. The soldier was evacuated to the U.S. military's medical center in Landstuhl, Germany, then transferred to a nearby German hospital for more specific neurological treatment, and a week later flown home to the United States. The accident was truly unfortunate and I am sorry that it happened. Headquarters, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division was first constituted and organized in 1921 as Headquarters, 198th Infantry Brigade, 98th Division at Albany, NY. Monday, August 5: U.S. Special forces kill two people after coming under fire near Asadabad. CSM (Unknown) Frank quoted in John F. Burns, Saying Battle is Reaching End, U.S. Afghanistan IG John Sopko says the US needs more aid to Ukraine as America spends $113 billion helping fend off Russia's attacks . (Rahmat Gul/AP) Three infantry battalions are on their way to the Kabul . Wednesday, November 20 Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Australia would begin withdrawing its 150 commandos from Afghanistan later that month. This is not surprising given the nations culture.48, Several U.S. soldiers heaped derision on Zia, painting a picture of a well-prepared opposition that made ample use of advanced weaponry. Time and time again, the 101st has kept that rendezvous and in so doing, acquired a proud history. Sunday, August 18: Two U.S. Special forces soldiers are wounded by gunfire in Uruzgan Province. Mountain villages include the hamlets of Sher Khan Khel, Babal Khel, Marzak, Kay Khel, and Noor Khel. The 1,000 Afghan reinforcements, under Northern Commander Gul Haider, were largely Tajik troops who had fought under their late commander, Ahmad Shah Massoud, against the Taliban.38. A Special Ops Task Force was sent to Randy Watt led a group of the US soldiers to search the compound, in the belief that everybody had been killed. About 400 U.S. troops returned to Bagram Air Base on 9 March; however, within hours of the withdrawal of one-third of the 1,200 U.S. troops involved in the 8-day-old operation, B-52 bombers had to return to the area.42, Some Afghan commanders in Gardez and Kabul asserted that the United States may have made the mistake of relying on a select few local commanders who gave wrong estimates of enemy troop numbers, then backed out on pledges to assist in the battle. . Spectre AC-130 gunships dumped 105millimeter fire into mujahideen positions while Apaches shot up enemy vehicles moving toward the fight along the narrow mountain roads twisting up steep valleys. [16], Corporal Dyer's mother, Agatha Dyer, was chosen as the Silver Cross Mother in 2004. The Pentagon is sending 3,000 troops - including two Marine Corps battalions - to Afghanistan to support the evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Kabul. To date, Germany had a total of 10,000 troops serving abroad, second only to the United States. I take exception to those folks who complain about what these people have done to get us to this point in the battlefield. He was supposed to roll in. The hilltop battle developed during a nighttime attempt to establish a new observation post overlooking a major al-Qaeda supply and escape route. Meanwhile, on 7 March and early on 8 March, U.S. troops came under fire in the southern sector. Fri 1 Jul 2005 12.17 EDT. Thursday, November 28: To date, U.N.-monitored disarmament commissions collected more than 6,000 small arms and 30 tanks in the northeast ofAfghanistan since the start of the disarmament plan on November 10. 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Because such an event in a combat area would have been so unusual and unexpected, information about such training would be the type of information we would note so that we could avoid it. Tuesday, December 10: A second prisoner died (the first one dying on December 3) at the makeshift prison in the United States compound at an Afghan base north of Kabul. U.S. Special forces soldiers kill two gunmen who attacked them in Tarin Kowt. . Sig Christenson covers the military and been with the Express-News since 1997. Ibid. As an Infantry Soldier, you'll serve in the field, working to defend our country against any threats on the ground. "This was a monster, with a red beard and his hair was long-ish past his shoulders. Items of concern included military operations, landmines, banditry, armed rivalry among political and tribal groups. Wiercinski described the fight: We survived three mortar barrages during the day, and at one point we had between 9 to 10 al-Qaeda coming to do [kill] us. Saturday, November 23: Nine white phosphorus rockets were fired at a U.S. base near Lwara, Afghanistan, 178km southwest of Kabul, at about 10:30 pm. All five pilots agreed under oath that the dropping of the bomb by Schmidt was not an unreasonable action. Because the initial grouping of 1,000 Afghan government troops committed to Operation Anaconda were ethnic Pashtuns, cooperation between them and the Tajiks could have been problematic. the blasts occurred late Monday in the vicinity of bases housing most of the troops from the 22-nation contingent. Umbach cautioned his wing man to wait, as well. Attending the event were over 130 ARCS staff members and volunteers, representatives of the Afghan government and of local and foreign non-government organizations. As of 2 March 2002, Operation Anaconda was the largest combat operation in Afghanistan of the War on Terrorism that began after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001. On April 20, 1960 the unit was deactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and on Oct. 23, 1963 the unit was reconstituted as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division (Forward) and . Thousands of U.S. troops are deploying to help secure the evacuation of civilians from the Kabul embassy. Finally, I would like to tell the families of Sgt. A minute later, after seeing another firing plume from an antitank weapon, Schmidt reported seeing "some men on a road, and it looks like a piece of artillery firing at us.". I will always regret what happened that night. Teams then moved through homes, pulling clothing from trunks, opening bins of flour and cutting plaster from walls to look for hidden compartments. Wednesday, November 6: The Hague announced that the Netherlands will join Germany in taking over command of the U.N. security force inAfghanistan in mid-February 2003. Iran pledged $560 million to Afghan reconstruction over five years. In August 2016, a YouTuber posted a lengthy interview with a military . Wednesday, April 3: A tripartite accord regarding repatriation of refugees was signed in Geneva by Iran, Afghanistan, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The war in Afghanistan (2001-14) was Canada's longest war and its first significant combat engagement since the Korean War (1950-53). Troops Describe All-Day Shah-i-Khot Battle,, Army Capt. A trunk of, Three rocket-propelled grenade rounds were fired at a U.S. base in the southeastern town of, Rival factions in northern Afghanistan began turning in their weapons as part of a. Lger was awarded the South-West Asia Service Medal and the United States Bronze Star Medal posthumously. I think weve seen it in the past. Harrison (Brandon) Morgan is an active duty Army infantry officer. They occupied the Port Au Prince International Airport and were the first US troops to set foot on Haitian soil. [23], Friday, September 20: A U.S. base in Lwara comes under attack by rockets and small arms fire. Kathy Gannon, Hundreds of Fighters Mass at Front Line for Final Push on Al-Qaida Caves, AP, 11 March 2002. Wednesday, March 20: A Special forces soldier is wounded during a firefight near Khost. The terrorists, who had come to the valley villages six weeks before the battle began, took control; prudently, most of the civilians left. Schmidt's defense also blamed the fog of war. Electronic Records Reference Report Enlarge Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008 Honoring the prisoners of war from the Vietnam era View in National Archives Catalog Introduction Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Extract Files (AAD) Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action . The history of the 101st Airborne Division was activated began on 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Air Force Tech. Lieutenant General Bruce Carlson found Schmidt guilty of dereliction of duty in what the U.S. military calls a "non-judicial hearing" before a senior officer. . Thursday, February 14: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai visited Jalalabad to attend a function being held there in memory of former mujahedin commander Abdul Haq. Were far from over.35, Afghan commander Abdul Mu-teen said that U.S. and Afghan forces had advanced to within less than 100 meters of the enemy, who were trying to hold off the allies with copious machine gun and RPG fire. Reconnaissance forces slipped into the mountains a few days before the main attack was scheduled to begin on 27 February, but the operation was postponed 48 hours because of rainy, blustery weather. You wear his shoes that he has worn for five months in this battlefield.52, An unnamed senior USAF officer, quoted in the Washington Times, criticized U.S. tactics in the battle of Shah-i-Khot.53 He asserted that commanders should have used air strikes for days or weeks, allowing precision-guided bombs and AC-130 howitzers to pummel the caves and compounds. About a dozen teachers taught the students how to use guns and bombs. Private Green's mother, Doreen Coolen, was chosen by the Royal Canadian Legion to be the Silver Cross Mother for the Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa in 2002. Ashline later told the press, For a couple of seconds, ev erything was . Wednesday, April 17: Two U.S. pilots, Majors Harry Schmidt and William Umbach, returning from a 10-hour patrol, at more than 15,000 feet, spotted surface-to-air fire and feared it was from Taliban forces. 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Franks simply modified the Tora Bora tactics and sent in U.S.trained Afghans to block escape routes and do the fighting, only committing relatively large numbers of U.S. ground troops when Afghan allies ran into problems. Hekmatyar also supported the return of the king. A United States F-16 fighter jet piloted by Air National Guard Major Harry Schmidt dropped a laser-guided 500-pound (230kg) bomb on the Canadians, who were conducting a night firing exercise at Tarnak Farms. The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the killing, by an American Air National Guard pilot, of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group (3PPCLIBG) on the night of April 17, 2002, near Kandahar, Afghanistan. They had been moving into position for Operation Anaconda. The Mail Star (November 10, 2003). To date, Turkey was in command of the 19-nation, 5,000-strong International Security Assistance Force. Thursday, October 31: Afghan authorities began investigating a series of well-coordinated attacks against girls' schools in a central region near Kabul. . With local terrorist forces severely hurt, U.S. forces repositioned. Unexpectedly Stiff Resistance Meets Coalition Forces Mount in Attack on Al-Qaida and Taliban, AP, 5 March 2002. Later, Commander in Chief, CENTCOM, General Tommy Franks explained that many landing zones had been picked for helicopter assaults, and some enemy forces had evaded detection.16, At 0830, an MH-47 Chinook attempting to land a team on a hilltop near Marzak was hit by one or more rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and small arms fire. The reprimand, written by Carlson, said Schmidt had "flagrantly disregarded a direct order", "exercised a total lack of basic flight discipline", and "blatantly ignored the applicable rules of engagement". [failed verification] Michael Friscolanti summarized their comments in his book Friendly Fire: One of the issues highlighted by the Inquiry related to the use of amphetamines in combat. He embedded with the 3rd Infantry Division during the Iraq invasion, and reported from Baghdad and Afghanistan seven . Thinking Umbach was under attack, Schmidt asked flight control permission to fire his 20mm cannons, to which flight control replied "hold fire." One of the soldiers lost consciousness and the other suffered cuts to a hand. The situation grew more tense when Pakistan dispatched extra troops to the border after the United States said it reserved the right to cross into Pakistan in hot pursuit of enemy fighters fleeing from Afghanistan. After a US Army patrol in a remote part of Kandahar Province went missing without making radio contact, Special Forces were dispatched to look for the missing men. . At 0930 hours on 19 September 1994, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry and 2nd Bn 22 Infantry conducted the Army's first air assault from aircraft carrier. A list of notable incidents in Afghanistan during 2003 March 1: Two Afghan government soldiers were wounded in a blast in Kandahar. south, intelligence units estimated that their two positions would possi bly have to contain the most terror ist exfiltrators. Sunday, May 19: A U.S. Special forces soldier is killed in a firefight near Skhin, Paktia province.[5]. The battalions, one Army and two Marine, are already in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, and they are expected to arrive in Kabul within "24 to 48 hours," Kirby said. As the armor column reached the battle zone on 9 March, driving winds and snow forced al-Qaeda holdouts to retreat into their caves. The helicopters returned one or two hours later to refuel and head out again with fresh troops and supplies.37, On 7 March, wind and sandstorms slowed allied air and ground operations, but near dusk a caravan of 12 to 15 Afghan tanks and armored personnel carriers rumbled down the main road south of Kabul toward Paktia Province and the high-elevation combat. Colonel David C. Nichols: A reasonably prudent F-16 pilot might have done the same thing. ; David Wood, Outnumbered U.S. force rakes al-Qaida forces,, Jim Garamone, Allies Aggressive in Fight Against Al Qaeda, Taliban,, Elliott Minor, Air Force Airman Killed in Afghanistan Remembered for Devoting His Life to Helping Others,, John F. Burns, U.S. They also had two blocking positions, one in a canyon running from the southeast of the valley and one running directly south. The lone man not accounted for was U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Neil C. Roberts, a door gunner.18. . Day 1, he was supposed to attack, and we were supposed to set up blocking positions so they couldnt get out.49 Another soldier said Zia didnt perform. [17][18] Ainsworth Dyer Memorial Bridge in Rundle Park, Edmonton, was named in his memory. Thursday, May 30: Two C-130 Hercules used to airlift food to Ghor Province in central Afghanistan during the winter returned to their African base. The surrounding mountain peaks rise to 11,000 to 12,000 feet. One soldier suffered an eye injury and the other a leg injury. Wednesday, May 22: U.S. planes bomb a group of suspected militants near the Pakistani border.[7]. Argent will develop a billing system for the GSM mobile network set up in June by the Afghan Wireless Communication Company, a joint venture between Telephone Systems International and the Afghan Ministry of Communications. Twenty-two seconds later, he reported a direct hit. An unidentified Special Forces officer noted that the majority of the new forces were Pushtun and that their commanders had dropped old rivalries for the larger goal of eliminating the last of the al-Qaeda and Taliban pockets.41 On 10 March, the officer estimated that between 100 to 200 al-Qaeda forces remained in the valley and that U.S. forces were not approaching the most dangerous part of the war but were in it. . Schmidt's charges were reduced on June 30, 2003, to just the dereliction of duty charge. Monday, February 11: Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai met with United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. To date, Japan had dispatched two refueling ships and three escort ships, supplying fuel and food to U.S. and British military vessels deployed mainly in the Indian Ocean. The fire was actually from a Canadian Forces anti-tank and machine-gun exercise, which was taking place on a former Taliban firing range. Karzai said they were innocent and urged them to find jobs. Thousands of people gathered outside a police station in the Dasht-e Barchi district of Kabul, Afghanistan after claims that a policeman tried to kidnap a woman there. The commissions covered the provinces of Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kunduz and Takhar. One CH-47 went to the northern blocking position, which had a platoon-size element and two scout snipers set up as hunter/killer teams. One man was found dead and five hurt. The women, held in a Kabul prison, would likely be released over the weekend. They were told not to move. Friday, February 8: Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai agreed to cooperate on a proposed Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline project to transport natural gas from Central Asia to Pakistan via Afghanistan. I am no historian but some . [4], Monday, April 15: Operation Mountain Lion began in the Gardez and Khost regions.[5]. Tens of thousands of cattle and other livestock perished in the ensuing drought. He was selected in 2005 to be part of President Bush's inaugural procession in Washington, D.C., as a member of the Old Guard, the Army's oldest active-duty infantry unit. Monday, March 11: Through his deputy, Qutbuddin Hilal, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar pledged support for Hamid Karzai. 8 At 0600, 2 March 2002, 125 men from the 1/87th Infantry Regiment Wednesday, December 11: U.S. forces fire mortars near the Pakistani border after coming under rocket attack.[30]. Umbach's charges were later dismissed. U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, take a moment to . [19], Sergeant Lger's mother, Claire Lger, was chosen as the Silver Cross Mother in 2005. U.S. aircraft attacked a suspected rocket launch site after troops come under rocket attack near Lwara. The nine-member commission, headed by Border Affairs Minister Amanullah Zadran, flew by helicopter immediately to the eastern city of Gardez where violence had erupted days before. State of the Union Speech: . He took a couple of mortar rounds and took off.50 The soldiers had respect for the enemy: Theyre a helluva lot more fancy than people give them credit for. Wednesday, January 9: Seven U.S. Marines were killed when their plane hit a mountain while landing in Pakistan. In November 2002, a Danish-German report would conclude that the explosives experts did not follow safety regulations while disarming two of the missiles. Several arrests were made. Tuesday, November 26: Several rockets slammed into the eastern edge of Kabul overnight, landing several miles from a base of the international peacekeepers. Sgt. Tuesday, November 5: A rocket or mortar was fired at a U.S. Army Special Forces base in Gardez, but caused no injuries. As of 2 March 2002, Operation Anaconda was the largest combat operation in Afghanistan of the War on Terrorism that began after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001. Brigadier General Duncan Lewis, commander of the Australian Armys special operations forces, told the press that about 100 Special Air Service (SAS) commandos had been inserted into remote observation points atop mountains near the towns of Marzak and Sher Khan Khel. A U.S. soldier is shot by sniper near Lwara. As an example, she cited the case of Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, who, while deployed to Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division, was responsible for reconstruction. Wednesday, February 27: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai attended a special ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, India. That was the Corps' effort to figure out . The actual snow line began about 100 feet above the valley floor. HEADQUARTERS, COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE-76, . Tuesday, June 18: An unidentified group launches rockets within Kabul, and several rockets land in the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy. Persian Gulf - August 2, 1990, through end of hostilities. Hagenbeck, commander of the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, led the major effort to clean out remaining al-Qaeda fighters and their Taliban al lies in the Shah-i-Khot Valley. You'll capture, destroy, and deter enemy forces, assist in reconnaissance, and help mobilize troops and weaponry to support the mission as the ground combat force. The two most significant zones were code-named Objectives Remington and Ginger. Hagenbeck told the press that the hilltop was surrounded, but we were pounding them all night long. 9 were here. Amir Mohammad was later taken into custody for the crime. Two Australian SAS teams, calling air strikes against the ring of attackers, saved the rescue group that was under intense fire from mortars, machine guns, and small arms. FORT DRUM, New York (WWNY) - Fort Drum's 10th Mountain Division remains in Afghanistan amid the Taliban's takeover of the country's capital city. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff. He commissioned from the United States Military Academy in May 2013. The award was presented to the Third Battalion on 8 December 2003 at Edmonton. As . Schmidt descended a few thousand feet to take a closer look, and asked for permission to "lay down some 20 mike-mike", or spray the area with 20-millimeter cannon fire, but was told to stand by. After the two sides exchanged fire with light machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades for two hours, the American helicopters attacked the gunmen's positions on cliffs surrounding Kikara village, near Khost, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's former Taliban government had used the Kabul stadium for public executions and other harsh punishment to enforce its fundamentalist version of Islamic rules. The findings of the four-member Canadian Tarnak Farm Board of Inquiry, chaired by General Maurice Baril, were released on June 28, 2002. Two of Zias men were killed and 24 were wounded. Green and Pte. Wednesday, March 27: A U.S. soldier is killed by a mine outside of Kandahar. July 1, 2005 / 7:16 AM / CBS/AP. . This article is based on open-source media reports as of 11 March 2002. Troop levels. We thought we were all going to die.13 The wounded were evacuated at around 2000. Captain Kevin Butler watched in frustration as the enemy ducked into caves seconds before supporting jets dropped their bombs. On September 22, 2007, U.S. District Judge Jeanne Scott ruled against Schmidt, stating, "The release of Schmidt's reprimand gave the public insight into the way in which the United States government was holding its pilot accountable. The U.S. 4th Infantry Division arrives in Kuwait City with 5,000 troops. Between 2 and 5 March, coalition air forces, using a mix of long-range bombers and tactical aircraft, dropped more than 450 bombs, 350 of which were precision munitions.34 Rosa told reporters that the U.S. offensive was making progress: I would say we are softening up in certain portions, but theres still a lot of work to be done. Aug 12, 2021. Its first commander, Major General William C. Lee, observed that "the 101st"has no history, but has a Rendezvous with Destiny.". Eight others were injured. His 450-man unit was caught in a mortar barrage and pre vented from entering Sirkankel. MG F.L. The border guard was taken into custody. 28 November 2003 - Marines from 2d Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8) joined the coalition forces of Combined Joint Task Force-180 in pursuit of al-Qaida and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. These guys were good with mortars.51, Noting that Afghan units had an insufficient force ratio but that they recovered from a serious mortar attack to take several key positions, one unnamed Special Forces colonel defended Zia: The forces [Afghans] put together are different from our American military force. According to Joint Staff briefer U.S. Air Force Brigadier General John Rosa, the helicopter was hit by machine-gun and RPG fire and either crash-landed or experienced a hard landing.20 Six soldiers were killed and five wounded in subsequent firefights, since the valley suddenly swarmed with enemy troops. Sunday, February 24: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai arrived in Tehran, Iran to meet with reformist President Mohammad Khatami and his government and to exchange views on regional issues, including the future of Afghan refugees. The Canadians were firing anti-tank and machine-gun rounds horizontally, not vertically in a way that would have threatened the two F-16s. Saturday, November 9: U.S. helicopters broke up a gun battle between Kuchis and local government forces over a land dispute. Sunday, January 27: U.S. Special forces backed a local Afghan militia attack which killed 6 Al-Qaeda personnel held up in a hospital in Kandahar. Saturday, July 27: US soldiers surrounded a compound near Khost and a firefight took place. The two boards shared personnel information. Later, the autopsies would label the deaths as homicides. U.S. Marines attack Iraqi militia units in Nasiriya. They found one-hundred and fifteen 107mm rockets, 14 rocket-propelled grenades, land mines, detonators and thousands of rounds of ammunition, some of it armor-piercing. Gunmen fired at the U.S. base near the central Afghan city of. 21 June 1963. About 100 armedAfghan men fled the site as the soldiers approached the cache. Wednesday, October 30: The top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, told the U.N. Security Council that the new Afghan government headed by Hamid Karzai did not have the means or power to deal with the underlying problems that cause security threats. Sunday, November 3: A rocket exploded 500 meters from a U.S. base in Deh Rahwod District in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
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