Tactical Air Command deploys eight F-15 Eagles from Langley AFB, Va., to Osan AB, South Korea, in the first operational-training deployment of F-15s to the Western Pacific.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.