Eventually , in 1972 , the bridge was destroyed Destroying by USAF F-4 Phantoms using Using laser-guided bombs and US Navy Vought A-7s with advanced Cause_to_make_progress and conventional bombs .

U.S. aircraft responded Response by bombing Attack Iraqi air-defense sites , using Using laser-guided bombs as well as AGM-88 HARM missiles and AGM-130 long range air-to-surface missiles .