The new prime minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord met with top officials from US Africa Command this week as US aircraft continued to support GNA troops fighting ISIS. Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj met with AFRICOM Commander Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser in Stuttgart, Germany, along with other GNA officials to discuss “our partnership in countering terrorism” and GNA’s desire for US assistance in the fight against ISIS, according to AFRICOM. US aircraft continued to hit ISIS targets in Sirte, conducting four sorties on Aug. 24 and destroying 11 enemy fighting positions and one vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. US aircraft, as of Friday morning, had conducted 82 total strikes in support of the GNA, AFRICOM reported.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. still “believes” in his mantra of “Accelerate Change or Lose”—and indicated the doctrinal changes it produced when he was Air Force Chief of Staff played a role in the service’s recent response to Iran’s aerial assault on Israel, he…