A flight of US Air Force and Marine Corps aircraft conducted a massive airstrike on an ISIS chemical weapons facility, dropping dozens of weapons at the same time to wipe out a facility used to create chlorine gas. The Sept. 12 strike included 12 aircraft—Air Force F-15Es, F-16s, A-10s, B-52s, and Marine Corps F/A-18Ds—that hit more than 50 “points of interest” at an ISIS weapons storage facility and headquarters building near Mosul, Air Forces Central Command boss Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian said in a Tuesday briefing. US intelligence watched the building and planners determined it needed the large flight of aircraft to carry the right amount of weapons at the same time “to take out the breadth of that facility out there on the ground,” Harrigian said. “Intelligence had indicated that Daesh converted a pharmaceutical plant complex into a chemical weapons production capability,” Harrigian said, using another term for ISIS. “This represents just another example of Daesh’s blatant disregard for international law and norms.” US and coalition aircraft in August dropped 108 bombs, down from 160 the month before, according to AFCENT statistics released Tuesday. So far this year, aircraft have flown 3,513 sorties. (Watch a video of the strike.)
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
