A batch of photos and videos shows B-1B Lancer bomber crews preparing for the strikes targeting Iranian-aligned groups in Iraq and Syria on Feb. 2. The crews and jets came from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., but they launched from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, ...
The U.S. launched dozens of airstrikes against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and Iranian-aligned groups in Iraq and Syria on Feb. 2, followed by more Feb. 3 against Houthi rebels in Yemen—retaliating after a drone strike killed three American service members in ...
The Pentagon‘s retaliation for the killing of three U.S. troops in Jordan by Iranian-backed militants may take the form of a campaign that will directly target Iranian capabilities and interests, rather than a one-off raid the likes of which have not deterred Iran and its ...
A “small number” of Airmen were injured in the Jan. 28 drone attack on a base in Jordan, including one Air National Guardsman, National Guard and Air Force officials confirmed to Air & Space Forces Magazine on Jan. 31.
Three U.S. service members were killed and at least 34 troops were injured in an overnight attack at a base in Jordan Jan. 28, the U.S. said. It marked the first U.S. troops killed in the region since the Israel-Hamas war began in October and ...
An American MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed in northern Iraq on Jan. 18 as the U.S. continues to fend off attacks from Iran-backed militias, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine. The MQ-9 was likely downed by an Iranian-provided surface-to-air missile fired by an Iranian-affiliated ...
American and British aircraft and warships carried out strikes against multiple targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen on Jan. 11, in response to continuing attacks on commercial shipping, U.S. and U.K. officials said.
The U.S. conducted a rare drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 4 that killed a leader of an Iranian-backed militia, in an effort to deter further attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon described the strike, which took place at noon local ...
The U.S. conducted a drone strike in Iraq on Dec. 3, as the American troops there continue to be targeted by Iranian-backed militants. The strike took place near Kirkuk as the militants were preparing to attack U.S. troops in northern Iraq, a U.S. official told ...
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.
Two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles conducted an airstrike in eastern Syria in response to escalating attacks against U.S. forces by Iranian-backed groups, the Defense Department said Nov. 8. The target was a weapons storage facility used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ...