A coalition airstrike killed ISIS’ military emir for Iraq’s Anbar province on May 6, the Pentagon announced Monday. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said Abu Wahib and three other ISIS members were killed while traveling in a vehicle near Rutbah, Iraq. Cook described Wahib as a “significant member” of the ISIS leadership in a “critical area.” He was also a former member of Al Qaeda in Iraq and appeared in ISIS execution videos, Cook said. “It is dangerous to be an [ISIS] leader in Iraq and Syria these days,” he said. (See also: Hunting ISIS Leaders.)
The Department of the Air Force announced seven new mission area-focused portfolio acquisition executives for the Air Force and Space Force, some of the department's first steps to implement Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's sweeping acquisition reforms.
