October 7, 2001 at 12:15 p.m. EDT - The United States and Great Britain launched attacks on at least three cities in Afghanistan in retaliation for the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.

Firepower:
• 2 B-2 Spirit bombers flew from Whiteman AFB in Missouri, dropped satellite-guided bombs and flew to the British base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean
• B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bombers flew from Diego Garcia
• 25 strike aircraft flew from two US aircraft carriers, USS Carl Vinson and USS Enterprise
• 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from 4 surface ships and 2 submarines

Surface ships:
• USS Philippine Sea (cruiser)
• USS O'Brien (destroyer)
• USS John Paul Jones (guided missile destroyer)
• USS McFaul (guided missile destroyer)

Submarines:
• USS Providence
• HMS Trafalgar (British)

Targets:
• Air defenses and military aircraft
• Al-Qaeda terrorist training camps
• Taliban military installations

Relief:
• Two C-17s from Ramstein, Germany dropped 37,500 humanitarian daily rations through the night and into the early morning hours