Two Americans and one coalition service member were killed and another 12 people were wounded in a March 11 rocket attack on Camp Taji, Iraq. Eighteen 107mm Katyusha rockets, which are traditionally linked to Iranian-backed militias, struck the base, located north of Baghdad. Iraqi Security ...
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The Air Force’s plan to cut MQ-9 Reaper production and some air patrols in the fiscal 2021 budget request would negatively impact the ability to conduct operations and provide enough over watch in hotspots in the Middle East and Africa, the top officials responsible for ...
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Three U.S. Airmen are undergoing treatment for "mild Traumatic Brain Injuries" as a result of the Iranian rocket attack on al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, the Air Force confirmed Feb. 27." These Airmen are accounted for in the 112 service members with TBIs as reported by ...
A top Space Force official here argued the case for why the new service needed to become a standalone organization, praising Airmen at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., for their role in warning U.S. troops overseas about the recent Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi ...
The threat of large-scale Iranian action against the United States has waned following the Jan. 3 drone strike that killed that country’s top military leader; however, small-scale attacks have returned, experts said Feb. 7. The strike at the Baghdad International Airport, which killed Iranian Quds ...
The U.S. Space Force is being built from the existing Air Force with a priority to keep a small and low-priced footprint, relying heavily on existing force structure. The Air Force on Feb. 3 sent a 26-page document to Congress outlining the plan for the ...
A surprise deployment sent a message to Iran—and DOD: B-1s are fast, agile, and readier than you think.
There is still more work to be done to fully realize the power of RPA technology.
Growing Aggressors; AFGSC second decade changes; Goodbye Line of the Air Force; JSTARS heads home; and more ...
How the Air Force is preparing for counterinsurgency in 2030.
The total number of U.S. forces suffering traumatic brain injuries following the Jan. 7 ballistic missile attack on al-Asad Air Base in Iraq continues to rise, with 64 troops now having been diagnosed with TBIs, the Pentagon announced Jan. 30. Senior officials initially said no ...
