Airstrikes supporting coalition ground forces south of Baqubah on the Diyala River in Iraq killed 14 terrorists and destroyed a safe house used by foreign fighters on Jan. 27, according to a Multinational Force-Iraq release. Paring that with US Central Command Air Forces coverage of Jan. 27 coalition air sorties near Baghdad, Tikrit, and Diyala, it would appear that USAF F-16s conducted this particular air strike.
The Air Force has finished resurrecting a B-1B Lancer, completing a yearslong process to transform a bomber that had been stored for parts in the Arizona desert into the new flagship of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.