U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters are in the midst of a weeklong training exercise with the Royal Bahraini Air Force, Air Forces Central announced. The exercise, named Ballast Cannon, started Jan. 6 and will last until Jan. 12. In addition to the F-16s, KC-135 tankers ...
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The U.S. and its allies issued a firm warning to Houthi rebels in Yemen on Jan. 3, telling the group to stop attacks on shipping in the Red Sea or face “consequences.” The Iran-backed Houthis have carried out 24 attacks on commercial shipping in the ...
Iranian-backed forces have stepped up their attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria and commercial vessels in the Red Sea in recent days, fueling concerns the Israel-Hamas war may lead to broader hostilities in the region. Some former commanders of U.S. forces in the ...
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III with humanitarian aid bound for Gaza landed in Egypt Nov. 28, the U.S. government announced. The flight is the first U.S. military aircraft sent to the Middle East to deliver aid for the beleaguered civilians in Gaza during ...
A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship struck members of an Iranian-backed militia who had launched a missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq on Nov. 21, resulting in enemy casualties, according to U.S. Central Command and the Pentagon. The strike occurred after the Iranian-backed militias launched ...
The Pentagon released declassified videos of its most recent airstrikes in eastern Syria, a move that provides fresh detail on the targets that were struck Nov. 12 and the damage to the sites.
U.S. forces continue to come under attack from Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, with "conservative" estimates of at least 40 attacks, mostly with drones and rockets, since Oct. 17. But U.S. leaders are fuzzy on what constitutes an attack on U.S. forces. “I think ...
U.S. troops have been attacked by Iranian-backed militias at least 23 times in less than two weeks, Pentagon officials said Oct. 30, providing the most comprehensive account of the American military’s recent confrontation with Tehran’s proxies in Iraq and Syria. Several of the militia attacks took ...
The U.S. carried out airstrikes against two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and militias they support, the Pentagon announced Oct. 26. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said the “narrowly tailored” strikes were intended to respond to a ...
More U.S. Air Force F-16s arrived in the Middle East, the service announced Oct. 24, as threats to American forces in the Middle East continue to grow. The New Jersey Air National Guard’s 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron's arrival in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) region ...
Two drone attacks were launched against U.S. forces in Iraq in the span of 24 hours, the U.S. military said. The attacks, which took place in western and northern Iraq, came as a wave of unrest swept Arab nations over Israel's clash with Hamas. They ...
The U.S. Air Force continues to bolster its forces in the Middle East after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel, as F-15Es from RAF Lakenheath, U.K., arrived in the region Oct. 13.