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A harrowing night in Afghanistan earns A-10 pilot the Distinguished Flying Cross, 10 years later
Lt. Col. Mike Hilkert helped save the lives of more than 30 soldiers and airmen.
Defense spending increase, Afghanistan withdrawal dominate debate over defense policy measure
House Armed Services Committee advances 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
US kept exact details of Bagram exit from Afghan commander for OPSEC, says Pentagon spokesman
“It wasn’t done in some sort of shroud of secrecy,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
By Howard Altman
US slipped out of Bagram at night, didn’t tell new commander: Afghan military
Afghanistan’s army showed off the sprawling air base, providing a rare first glimpse of what had been the epicenter of America’s war to unseat the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks on America.
Bye-Bye Bagram, hello new pullout target: now ‘late August’
The drawdown is already largely completed, but a number of related issues need to be worked out in coming weeks.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press