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Iran, Proxies Still Threaten US Troops Despite Setbacks: CENTCOM Nominee

June 24, 2025 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Iran and its proxy groups across the Middle East remain a threat to American troops in the region despite being weakened by conflicts on multiple fronts over the past few years, the nominee to run U.S. Central Command said June 24.

Iran Launches Missile Attack at Al Udeid

June 23, 2025 | By Chris Gordon
Iran launched a missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 23 in retaliation for U.S. strikes on three of its nuclear facilities the previous day.

Turning Qatari Jet into Air Force One to Cost ‘Less Than $400 Million’

June 5, 2025 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Transforming a former Qatari royal jet into President Donald Trump’s new Air Force One will likely cost less than $400 million, the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian told lawmakers June 5.

Pentagon Allows Trump to Use Qatari Jet as Air Force One

May 21, 2025 | By Chris Gordon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a Boeing 747-8 jet from Qatar that President Donald Trump plans to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said May 21.

USAF Has Started Planning for Qatari 747 to Enter Presidential Service as Air Force One

May 20, 2025 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force has started planning modifications to the 747-8 to be gifted to the U.S. by Qatar into a suitable presidential transport, promising that the jet would meet all the basic requirements of the mission, Air Force Secretary Dr. Troy E. Meink said May ...

B-52 Traverses Middle East as US Troops in Iraq and Syria Are Attacked

July 27, 2024 | By Chris Gordon
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flew from Europe across the Middle East to the Persian Gulf on July 25 in a 32-hour flight, as conflicts continued to roil the area with U.S. troops coming under attack in Iraq and Syria on July 25 and ...

Brown, Bass Visit CENTCOM and Pledge ‘Continued Commitment‘ to Middle East

Jan. 18, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr. took a tour of the Middle East in early January, engaging with U.S. allies and visiting service members in the region, the Air Force announced. Brown and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. ...

Outstanding Airmen of the Year: Senior Airman Kristina L. Schneider 

Sept. 14, 2022 | By Patrick Reardon
The Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2022 will be formally recognized at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference from Sept. 19 to 21 in National Harbor, Md. Air & Space Forces Magazine is highlighting one each weekday from now until the ...

B-52 Flies with F-22s, Nine Other Nations Over Middle East in Bomber Task Force Mission

April 4, 2022 | By Greg Hadley
A USAF B-52 flew through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on March 29, integrating with American F-22s and aircraft from nine other countries over the Middle East, U.S. Air Forces Central Command announced April 2.

Austin, Blinken Thank Qatar for its Role in Afghanistan Evacuation

Sept. 8, 2021 | By Abraham Mahshie
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joined their counterparts in Qatar on Sept. 7 to acknowledge the transit and care of 58,000 evacuees from Afghanistan and to give a nod to the country’s strategic role in countering Iran ...

Biden: Withdrawal On Pace to Finish by Aug. 31, But DOD Drawing Up Plans if Extension Needed

Aug. 24, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
With a rapidly approaching deadline to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said the evacuation mission is on pace to finish by Aug. 31, though he has asked the Pentagon for contingency plans should that change. U.S. and coalition efforts have evacuated ...

Civil Reserve Air Fleet Activated to Help with Kabul Evacuations

Aug. 20, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Aug. 22 activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to assist with the ongoing airlift out of Afghanistan. Tens of thousands have fled the country. The Stage 1 CRAF activation includes 18 aircraft—three each from American Airlines, Atlas Air, ...
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