Latest "Bagram Airfield" stories

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.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 years ago

US military hands over Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

At its peak around 2012, Bagram Airfield saw more than 100,000 U.S. troops pass through its sprawling compound barely an hour’s drive north of Kabul.

2 years ago

It’s imminent: After nearly 20 years US to leave Bagram

U.S. Central Command said last week that it’s well past 50 percent done packing up Bagram Airfield, and the rest is going fast.

2 years ago

Why Afghanistan is critical to the struggle against China, Russia and Iran

Withdrawing from Afghanistan will give up a strategic foothold the United States has in the back yard of its greatest rivals, says the author of this commentary.

By Rep. Michael Waltz

3 years ago

Report: Lax security allowed suicide bomber to kill 5 on Bagram Airfield

A local Afghan worker who killed five and wounded 16 in a suicide bombing on Bagram Airfield last year spent about four months building his suicide vest in his work space on base.

By Meghann Myers

6 years ago

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