Central Command Air Forces performed multiple air strikes on targets in Afghanistan and Iraq over the weekend. On Oct. 21, USAF F-16s and F-15s struck buildings used by insurgents in the vicinity of Karbala and Husaybah, Iraq. On the same day, coalition aircraft destroyed a safe house and weapons cache using precision guided munitions after a raid on the location northwest of Qaim, Iraq, discovered the arms. On Oct. 22, a USAF A-10 struck anti-coalition militia in the vicinity of Asmar, Afghanistan. And, on Oct. 23, A-10s took out anti-coalition militia firing positions in the vicinity of Oruzgan, Afghanistan.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
