Operation Eagle Fury
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Operation Eagle Fury was a military operation led by the United States in Afghanistan involving a brigade of US Army Special Forces, elite members of the 82nd Airborne Division, and loyal Afghani fighters during 2003. The aim of the operation was to corner Taliban fighters and leaders in the Bahgran Valley, located in the mountains of south-east Afghanistan.
As part of this operation, in mid-February of 2003, the 82nd conducted the first airdrop of fuel to support Operation Enduring Freedom. They dropped 38,088 gallons of fuel, almost certainly the first combat fuel drop since the Vietnam War.