US Air Force F-16s conducted a pre-planned air strike in the vicinity of Tall Afar, Iraq, on Dec. 18—expending precision-guided munitions against a cave being used by Iraqi insurgents.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.