 From 4 pm until nightfall, they directed two U.S. fighter-bomber aircraft for nine airstrikes against the entrenched prisoners, who continued to put up a fierce resistance.Despite Tyson's requests, 500-pound GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs were dropped on the armory, which was serving as a base of fire for the prisoners.He and the German journalists were rescued when a relief action by four U.S. troops enabled them to escape.