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US strike aircraft dropped more bombs in Afghanistan in 2019 than any other year since at least the surge in 2009. US aircraft flew 2,434 strike sorties, releasing 7,423 weapons, according to statistics released Jan. 27 by Air Forces Central Command. These totals are higher ...
The US-led coalition’s air operations may have slowed in the fight against the Islamic State group, but the US Air Force’s mission to train the Iraqi Air Force has started to “pay dividends” as the Iraqis take on more strikes on their own, a top ...
The US military is in “daily conversations” about resuming anti-Islamic State group operations in Iraq, but the pause has not yet been lifted despite reports of American forces targeting ISIS this week. The US-led coalition suspended its anti-ISIS operations in Iraq earlier this month citing ...
US and coalition aircraft continued to strike Islamic State group targets in Iraq and Syria in November as US forces drew down in size, according to new statistics from Air Forces Central Command. Last month, aircraft as part of Operation Inherent Resolve conducted 153 airstrikes, ...
The Islamic State group has not completely been pushed out of Syria and without a sustained US presence, including air surveillance and strike operations, it will re-emerge within a matter of months, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said at a ...
US-managed airstrikes in Afghanistan dropped in October but rose in Iraq and Syria, according to new data published by Air Forces Central Command. In Afghanistan, the number of airstrikes by manned and unmanned platforms dipped from 948 in September to 777 in October. In Iraq ...
The bulk of US forces and equipment has withdrawn from the major landing zone USAF forces had built in northeastern Syria, but the movement of forces throughout the region continues. “Our deliberate withdrawal from the Kobani Landing Zone continues,” said Navy Rear Adm. William Byrne ...
DOD officials on Oct. 30 provided more information about the Oct. 26 raid that led to the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, including this photo of the compound before the raid. DOD photo. The top US...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley addresses reporters at an Oct. 28, 2019, press conference at the Pentagon. DVIDS screenshot. US aircraft fired a heavy onslaught of ordnance from the air, including multiple AGM-158B Joint...
President Donald Trump is joined by Vice President Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, left; Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, right, Oct. 26, 2019, at the White House,...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, on a visit to Afghanistan in October 2019, says the US will "temporarily reposition" forces from northeast Syria to outside of the country "until they return home." DOD photo via Twitter. As US forces withdraw from...