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The crews of AC-130J Ghostrider gunships "Shadow 77" and "Shadow 78," 73rd Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron, Joint Special Operation Air Component-Central, receive Mackay Trophy 2021 awards for their support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, which provided close-air support for 2,000 American evacuating the embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021. The awards ceremony took place at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on Dec. 7, 2022. (Ty Greenlees/Air Force)

AC-130J crews honored for being ‘eyes in the sky’ over Kabul in 2021

AC-130J crews at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates got the call: They were needed in Kabul.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 years ago

Omaha Marine recalled as hero who died while helping others

Marine Cpl. Daegan Page enlisted in the Marines in 2017.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: June 27, 2021

Exercise Amalgam Dart 21-01, Marines train in Saudi Arabia, the USS Halsey (DDG 97) transits the South China Sea, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago

States begin activating National Guard after FBI warns of armed protests at capitols

Some governors activate Guard after FBI warning of armed protests at all 50 state capitols leading up to Inauguration Day.

By Staff and wire reports

4 years ago

Pilot killed in Shaw F-16 crash ‘loved his family, his country and loved to fly'

Air Force 1st Lt. David Schmitz died in the crash of an F-16CM Fighting Falcon at Shaw Air Force Base late Tuesday night.

By Howard Altman

5 years ago

US Air Force considers leasing trainer jets that lost the T-X competition

The service is interesting in leasing trainers to test out a new concept ahead of the delivery of the T-7 Red Hawk.

By Valerie Insinna

5 years ago