USAF F-16s provided CAS for coalition troops under fire near Al Qaim, Iraq, on Thursday. The F-16s responded to a call, striking enemy forces with two GBU-12s.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…