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US Air Force resumes humanitarian aid drops into Gaza
A U.S. C-130J from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, delivered aid over Gaza Sunday, marking the first air drop since a pause in early May.
Air Force B-52s shatter Vietnam-era records during two-year ISIS deployment
More than four decades ago, the Air Force’s iconic B-52 Stratofortress set records as it pounded North Vietnamese targets during Operation Linebacker II.
Air Force slashes ’queep’ paperwork for airmen deploying to Middle East
For years, stacks of paperwork and hours of computer-based training requirements have chewed up airmen’s valuable time while they prepared for deployment to the Middle East.
As Predator drones retire, the Reapers’ mission grows
With the retirement of MQ-1 Predators this month, MQ-9 Reapers are executing deliberate strikes, providing armed overwatch or close-air support, and flexing to ISR taskings — all in a single mission.
By Kyle Rempfer
A-10 Warthogs are back in Afghanistan
The A-10 Thunderbolt II arrived in Afghanistan Jan. 19, and flew their first mission within 24 hours of landing at Kandahar, according to U.S. Air Forces Central Command.
By Kyle Rempfer
Air Force: Afghanistan airstrikes spike while anti-ISIS bombings decrease
The number of weapons released in Afghanistan hit its highest monthly point in nearly seven years in October, and the total number of bombs dropped this year is on track to nearly triple over 2016.
During visit to Middle East, U.S. Air Force officials talk up light attack aircraft
The U.S. Air Force hasn’t determined whether it will continue its experiments with light attack aircraft, but that didn’t stop the service’s number-two general from touting the potential benefits in a speech to Middle Eastern and other international air chiefs.
By Valerie Insinna