According to the latest data, the Air Force has flown more than 188,000 sorties in Iraq and another 130,000 in Afghanistan. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Gen. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff, told lawmakers Wednesday that USAF had flown about 78 percent of the entire coalition air effort for operations in Southwest Asia. Last year, USAF bombers and fighters expended 294 bombs, 90 percent of which were precision-guided munitions.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.