US Air Forces in Europe medics joined other US military and Moroccan medical personnel, treating patients in rural Morocco for diseases such as tuberculosis and intestinal infections as part of the humanitarian medical aid portion of African Lion 06, an annual US-Moroccan military exercise, which ended May 31. According to Stars and Stripes, a group of 33 active duty and reserve Air Force and Navy personnel have treated nearly 5,000 people in less than a week.
The U.S. strike on Iran's nuclear development facilities saw the first use of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a weapon specifically designed for such a mission more than 20 years ago. The Air Force B-2s were the only platform with the stealth and carrying capacity needed to haul the huge…