Airmen serving in Afghanistan are flying combat missions, maintaining aircraft, revamping airfields, providing medical care, and more, including helping to train a new Afghan army. Some 19 airmen are part of a nine country coalition team mentoring Afghans going through Officer Candidate School, reports Air Force journalist SSgt. Carlos Diaz. Afghan and British instructors run the 23-week course.
A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes in the Middle East are flying with fresh modifications as the Air Force looks to make the plane more versatile amid America’s ongoing blockade of Iranian ports and a tenuous ceasefire in the U.S. air war against Iran.