USAF A-10s and B-52s in Afghanistan and A-10s and F-16s in Iraq struck various enemy targets over the past few days. F-16s on Nov. 21 launched precision-guided munitions against a staging area and weapons cache of anti-Iraqi forces near Salman Pak, Iraq. On the day before, F-16s unleashed PGMs against improvised explosive device locations near Ramadi. In action on Nov. 21 in Afghanistan, A-10s strafed an enemy firing position and one Warthog unloaded a 500-pound bomb. A day earlier in Afghanistan, a B-52 bomber struck enemy militia targets near Kandahar.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff touted his highly unusual background for the job as an asset and reaffirmed his commitment to stay apolitical during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 1.