The Air National Guard’s 110th Fighter Wing, Battle Creek, Mich., has received an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports that the 110th earned the award for actions in Operation Southern Watch and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 110th was the unit in the hot seat for the no-fly zone enforcement over Southern Iraq, when the US kicked off Iraqi Freedom. A scant two months later, the unit deployed 12 A-10 aircraft back to Southwest Asia for OIF.
The U.S. military carried out air strikes against Islamic State training camps in Syria on Oct. 11, U.S. Central Command announced. The airstrikes came amid concerns that the militant group is trying to rebuild its capabilities following its defeat in 2019 by the U.S. and its regional allies, the Syrian Democratic…