The US-led coalition in January had its busiest month of the entire air war against ISIS, dropping the most bombs in that span since the campaign kicked off in 2014. In January, US and international partner aircraft dropped 3,606 bombs...
The top commander in Afghanistan said the US is not winning the war there and laid out steps to change the course Thursday at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I believe we’re in a stalemate,” said Army...
The US military needs thousands of additional troops to complete its mission in Afghanistan, Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of US Forces-Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. “I have adequate support” for US-led counter-terrorism operations, Nicholson said,...
One of the biggest changes in the war in Afghanistan over the past year is the new involvement of Russia and Iran in that country, Army Gen. John Nicholson told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday. Nicholson, commander of...
US and Russian officials again met via teleconference on Wednesday to deconflict air operations in Syria as new operations have further complicated the airspace. US officials, including acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs Ken Handelman and Rear...
US aircraft earlier this month killed 11 al Qaeda operatives and leaders over two days in Idlib, Syria, the Pentagon announced. On Feb. 3, a US airstrike killed 10 terrorists who were meeting at a known location in the city....
Airmen and C-17s from JB Charleston, S.C., delivered more than 130,000 pounds of humanitarian aid in early February to Nicaragua and Haiti. The 315th Airlift Wing flew a training mission as part of the Denton humanitarian aid program, carrying food...