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I commanded a Marine V-22 squadron. Here’s what I learned

The Osprey made the entire mission during a Islamic State in Libya deployment possible, this retired lieutenant colonel writes.

By Lt. Col. Douglas Thumm (retired)

9 months ago

An A-29B Super Tucano flies over Mauritanian Army soldiers as they pose for a picture in Atar, Mauritania, Feb. 17, 2020, during Flintlock 2020, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual special operations forces exercise.

AFRICOM’s Flintlock exercise to kick off in Cote d’Ivoire amid regional tensions

Flintlock 2022 will be taking place Feb. 15-28 in Cote d'Ivoire.

By Rachel Nostrant

3 years ago

Coalition aircraft launched almost 35,000 strikes on ISIS targets over six years

A U.S.-led multinational coalition has launched tens of thousands of strikes in Iraq and Syria over the past seven years, weakening the radical group's hold on the region.

By Jared Morgan

4 years ago

Islamic State vows to attack Israel and blasts US Mideast plan

The Islamic State group vowed in an audio message released Monday that the extremists will start a new phase of attacks that will focus on Israel and blasted the U.S. administration’s plan to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

5 years ago

Turkish military move into Syria is high risk

Turkey’s combative president is threatening to launch a military operation in northeastern Syria that is designed to push back U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces — an invasion that carries major risks for a highly combustible region in war-devastated Syria.

5 years ago

US officials say Islamic State still poses global threat

The Islamic State remains a global threat despite losing the once vast territory it held in Syria and Iraq, U.S. officials said Thursday in warning about persistent violence from underground cells and an expansion of militants into new areas.

5 years ago