Air Force F-16s landed this past week at a military base in Serbia on a visit as part of US and Serbian military cooperation, reports Agence France Presse news service. And, it was just seven years ago that US airmen fought a 78-day air war over Slobodan Milosevic’s Serbia as part of the NATO-led Operation Allied Force. The Milosevic-less Belgrade has opted to join NATO’s Partnership for Peace program.
The U.S. military is sending more fighter jets to the Middle East to step up its war with Iran, adding to what is already the largest buildup of airpower in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. For now, the operation shows little sign of coming to a quick…