An expeditionary force of A-10 ground-attack airplanes and more than 200 airmen from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, has arrived at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, for a four-month deployment. These A-10s, now dubbed the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, replaced A-10s from the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith that returned home May 23. While Spangdahlem’s A-10s have previously operated out of Bagram Airfield, this is their first time providing close air support throughout Afghanistan out of Kandahar. The Kandahar tour was the 188th FW’s first deployment since the Air Guard wing switched from F-16s to A-10s in April 2007. (Kandahar report by TSgt. Renni Thornton) (Fort Smith report by Capt. Heath Allen)
7 Air Force B-2s Drop 14 Bunker-Buster Bombs on Iran
June 22, 2025
The U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear sites in the early hours of June 22 local time in Operation Midnight Hammer, intended to shut down Iran’s nuclear program and not harm the country’s leadership. U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers and submarine-launched cruise missiles struck three sites: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.