It would appear to be a step back to the pre-Vietnam War military “advisor” era, because US Air Force military advisors in Iraq will be in lock-step with Iraqi airmen during all manner of operations. The Air Force has sent a 100-person group comprising a variety of career fields on a yearlong deployment to Iraq to train and modernize the Iraq Air Force. Lt. Col. Robert Lindsay, a veteran helicopter pilot, says: If the Iraqi airmen “go on a rescue mission, we’ll have a guy in the back of the helicopter with them. If they want to support their ground forces on a combat mission, we’ll have someone in the pilot’s seat next to them. We go where they go.”
PHOTOS: Air Force Shows Off Second B-21 in New Images
Sept. 12, 2025
On Sept. 12, the Air Force released half a dozen new photos of the second B-21 bomber to fly, giving observers and aviation enthusiasts another glimpse of the secretive Raider.
